MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.74,-94.92 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -3 SFC 970 264 21.8 18.1 80 3.6 19.3 180 24 297.6 300.0 293.6 337.1 13.63 2 950 441 21.6 17.5 77 4.1 18.8 183 41 299.1 301.5 293.8 338.0 13.33 3 900 909 19.6 15.4 77 4.2 16.8 197 53 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.1 12.34 4 850 1401 18.2 11.7 66 6.5 14.0 218 55 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.9 10.22 5 800 1918 14.8 7.2 60 7.6 10.3 229 56 307.0 308.5 292.0 331.3 8.01 6 750 2460 10.4 2.5 58 7.9 6.0 238 58 307.9 309.0 290.7 326.6 6.10 7 700 3030 5.7 -2.8 54 8.6 1.5 244 61 308.8 309.7 289.6 322.6 4.43 8 650 3631 1.4 -9.0 46 10.4 -3.0 243 62 310.6 311.1 288.8 320.1 2.99 9 600 4272 -1.3 -19.7 23 18.5 -7.3 242 66 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.1 1.33 10 550 4961 -4.9 -27.1 16 22.1 -10.9 242 76 318.2 318.4 289.0 320.9 0.76 11 500 5701 -10.6 -29.0 20 18.5 -15.0 241 79 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.6 0.69 12 450 6502 -16.7 -31.3 27 14.6 -19.7 245 81 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.62 13 400 7374 -23.8 -38.3 25 14.5 -25.9 247 83 324.1 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.35 14 350 8332 -32.4 -41.9 38 9.5 -33.4 254 90 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.28 15 300 9398 -41.0 -47.8 48 6.8 -41.4 246 91 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.17 16 250 10615 -48.5 -56.1 41 7.6 -48.8 253 98 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12059 -55.8 -65.5 29 9.7 -56.0 241 79 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13864 -60.3 -77.5 9 17.3 -60.4 260 52 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16403 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.2 264 39 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.22 m Freezing level: 623.79 mb = 3967.11 m = 13015.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3225.49 m = 10582.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.06 mb = 727.23 m = 2385.91 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.43 mb = 2061.69 m = 6764.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.74 mb = 1282.67 m = 4208.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.74 mb = 2720.39 m = 8925.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.74 mb = 11246.75 m = 36898.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1147.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.74 mb = 14002.10 m = 45938.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 63.3 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 801.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 801.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 267.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 292.87 m/s