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: 36.84,-95.26 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -95.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 971 246 22.2 18.1 78 4.0 19.4 184 23 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.4 13.63 2 950 434 22.2 17.4 74 4.8 18.9 186 41 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.4 13.25 3 900 903 20.7 15.1 70 5.7 17.0 202 53 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.6 12.05 4 850 1397 18.8 10.5 58 8.3 13.6 221 53 305.9 307.6 292.9 334.3 9.44 5 800 1914 15.3 4.8 49 10.5 9.2 234 52 307.4 308.7 291.2 328.0 6.73 6 750 2457 10.6 -0.1 48 10.6 5.0 241 53 308.1 309.0 289.9 323.7 5.08 7 700 3027 5.6 -4.3 49 9.9 0.9 243 55 308.7 309.4 289.0 321.1 3.96 8 650 3627 0.5 -8.4 51 8.9 -3.3 240 57 309.6 310.1 288.6 319.5 3.13 9 600 4264 -3.1 -14.6 41 11.5 -7.3 238 63 312.5 312.9 288.5 319.2 2.05 10 550 4948 -6.7 -22.7 27 16.1 -11.3 240 73 316.2 316.4 288.7 320.0 1.12 11 500 5686 -11.2 -31.3 17 20.1 -15.6 243 83 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.4 0.56 12 450 6484 -17.5 -33.5 23 16.1 -20.5 245 85 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.50 13 400 7354 -24.4 -38.1 27 13.7 -26.3 247 88 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.36 14 350 8310 -33.0 -41.4 43 8.5 -33.8 255 97 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.29 15 300 9373 -41.4 -47.8 50 6.4 -41.8 250 97 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 16 250 10588 -48.5 -56.6 38 8.2 -48.8 254 105 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12040 -54.0 -67.5 18 13.5 -54.2 245 84 347.2 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13862 -58.9 -78.0 7 19.1 -59.1 247 44 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16400 -61.5 -83.8 4 22.3 -61.7 270 42 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.64 m Freezing level: 642.81 mb = 3718.42 m = 12199.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.48 mb = 3149.26 m = 10332.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 758.53 m = 2488.58 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 19.33 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2147.50 m = 7045.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 30.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1406.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.31 mb = 1403.66 m = 4605.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.31 mb = 2744.76 m = 9005.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.31 mb = 11009.85 m = 36121.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1403.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.31 mb = 14104.60 m = 46274.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 61.2 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 45.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 668.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 668.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.66 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 248.87 m/s