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: 36.81,-95.16 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 971 248 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 182 24 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.3 13.66 2 950 436 22.0 17.4 75 4.5 18.9 185 41 299.5 301.9 293.9 338.4 13.31 3 900 905 20.4 15.2 72 5.1 16.9 200 53 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.5 12.17 4 850 1397 18.6 11.0 61 7.6 13.8 220 54 305.6 307.5 293.0 335.0 9.76 5 800 1915 15.2 5.6 53 9.6 9.5 232 54 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.0 7.13 6 750 2458 10.5 0.6 50 9.9 5.2 240 56 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.5 5.35 7 700 3027 5.6 -4.0 50 9.6 1.0 243 58 308.7 309.5 289.2 321.4 4.07 8 650 3628 0.8 -8.6 50 9.4 -3.2 241 59 309.8 310.4 288.6 319.6 3.08 9 600 4266 -2.4 -16.5 33 14.1 -7.3 239 65 313.3 313.7 288.5 319.1 1.76 10 550 4952 -6.0 -24.4 22 18.4 -11.2 241 75 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.3 0.97 11 500 5691 -11.0 -30.5 18 19.5 -15.4 242 82 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.8 0.61 12 450 6490 -17.2 -32.7 25 15.5 -20.2 245 84 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.6 0.54 13 400 7361 -24.2 -38.1 26 13.9 -26.2 247 87 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.36 14 350 8317 -32.8 -41.5 42 8.7 -33.7 255 95 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.29 15 300 9382 -41.2 -47.8 49 6.6 -41.6 249 95 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 16 250 10597 -48.4 -56.4 39 8.0 -48.7 254 103 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12047 -54.6 -67.0 20 12.4 -54.8 243 82 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13863 -59.5 -77.7 8 18.2 -59.7 253 46 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16401 -61.1 -83.8 3 22.7 -61.4 269 41 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.03 m Freezing level: 637.76 mb = 3784.09 m = 12414.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.96 mb = 3167.81 m = 10392.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.35 mb = 738.93 m = 2424.27 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.96 mb = 2117.54 m = 6947.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.30 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 31.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1330.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.48 mb = 1352.12 m = 4436.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.48 mb = 2686.61 m = 8814.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.48 mb = 11153.53 m = 36592.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1319.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.48 mb = 14318.11 m = 46974.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 62.2 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 46.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 719.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 719.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.68 Bulk Rich Number: 4.95 Bulk Shear: 268.82 m/s