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: 36.82,-95.14 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -95.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 249 22.0 18.2 79 3.8 19.4 182 24 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.3 13.67 2 950 436 21.9 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 185 41 299.4 301.9 293.9 338.3 13.32 3 900 904 20.3 15.2 73 5.1 16.9 200 53 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.5 12.18 4 850 1397 18.6 11.1 62 7.5 13.8 220 54 305.6 307.4 293.1 335.0 9.80 5 800 1915 15.1 5.7 53 9.5 9.6 232 54 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.2 7.18 6 750 2457 10.5 0.7 51 9.8 5.3 240 56 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.38 7 700 3027 5.6 -4.0 50 9.6 1.0 243 58 308.7 309.5 289.2 321.5 4.08 8 650 3627 0.8 -8.6 49 9.4 -3.2 242 60 309.9 310.4 288.6 319.6 3.07 9 600 4266 -2.3 -16.7 32 14.4 -7.4 239 65 313.4 313.7 288.5 319.1 1.72 10 550 4952 -5.9 -24.5 21 18.6 -11.1 241 75 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.4 0.95 11 500 5691 -11.0 -30.3 19 19.4 -15.4 242 82 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.9 0.61 12 450 6490 -17.2 -32.6 25 15.5 -20.2 245 84 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.6 0.55 13 400 7361 -24.1 -38.1 26 13.9 -26.1 247 86 323.6 323.7 290.3 324.9 0.36 14 350 8317 -32.8 -41.5 42 8.7 -33.7 256 95 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.29 15 300 9382 -41.2 -47.8 49 6.6 -41.6 248 95 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 16 250 10597 -48.4 -56.4 39 8.0 -48.7 253 102 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12048 -54.6 -67.0 20 12.4 -54.8 243 82 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13863 -59.6 -77.7 8 18.1 -59.8 253 47 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16401 -61.0 -83.8 3 22.8 -61.3 268 41 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.14 m Freezing level: 637.32 mb = 3789.37 m = 12432.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.96 mb = 3167.55 m = 10392.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.94 mb = 733.25 m = 2405.63 ft T: 20.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.35 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2112.04 m = 6929.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1319.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.18 mb = 1344.84 m = 4412.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.18 mb = 2678.39 m = 8787.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.18 mb = 11134.12 m = 36528.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1310.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.18 mb = 14286.33 m = 46870.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 62.5 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 46.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 727.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 727.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.69 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 271.94 m/s