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 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 970 253 21.8 18.3 80 3.6 19.4 180 24 297.5 300.0 293.6 337.3 13.73 2 950 437 21.6 17.6 78 4.1 18.8 183 41 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.3 13.41 3 900 905 19.9 15.4 75 4.5 16.8 198 53 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.3 12.30 4 850 1398 18.2 11.6 65 6.6 14.0 218 55 305.3 307.1 293.3 335.7 10.16 5 800 1915 15.0 6.6 57 8.3 10.0 229 56 307.1 308.5 291.9 330.5 7.69 6 750 2457 10.5 1.6 54 8.9 5.6 239 59 307.9 309.0 290.4 325.5 5.72 7 700 3027 5.7 -3.5 52 9.2 1.2 243 61 308.8 309.5 289.3 321.9 4.21 8 650 3628 1.1 -8.9 47 9.9 -3.1 243 62 310.2 310.8 288.6 319.8 3.01 9 600 4268 -1.6 -19.6 24 18.1 -7.5 241 67 314.3 314.6 288.3 318.8 1.34 10 550 4956 -5.1 -27.0 16 21.9 -11.0 242 77 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.7 0.76 11 500 5696 -10.7 -29.3 20 18.6 -15.1 241 81 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.67 12 450 6496 -16.9 -31.8 26 14.9 -19.9 244 82 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.59 13 400 7368 -23.9 -38.1 26 14.3 -25.9 246 84 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.3 0.36 14 350 8325 -32.6 -41.5 40 9.0 -33.5 256 93 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.29 15 300 9391 -41.0 -47.8 48 6.8 -41.5 246 92 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 16 250 10607 -48.3 -56.3 39 8.0 -48.6 253 99 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 17 200 12055 -55.3 -66.6 23 11.4 -55.5 241 79 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13863 -60.4 -77.5 9 17.1 -60.6 259 50 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16401 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.4 -60.8 266 40 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.46 m Freezing level: 629.57 mb = 3889.39 m = 12760.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.26 mb = 3187.83 m = 10458.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.14 mb = 704.41 m = 2311.02 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2070.28 m = 6792.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1217.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.32 mb = 1283.82 m = 4211.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.32 mb = 2722.35 m = 8931.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.32 mb = 11253.06 m = 36919.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.32 mb = 14018.31 m = 45991.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 64.0 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 48.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 801.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 801.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 267.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.68 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 298.86 m/s