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: 36.87,-95.20 Latitude: 36.87 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 249 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 183 24 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.3 13.66 2 950 434 22.0 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 186 41 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.4 13.29 3 900 903 20.6 15.1 71 5.5 16.9 201 53 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.5 12.08 4 850 1396 18.7 10.7 60 8.0 13.6 221 53 305.7 307.5 292.9 334.5 9.56 5 800 1914 15.2 5.1 51 10.1 9.3 233 53 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.4 6.89 6 750 2456 10.5 0.2 49 10.4 5.1 241 55 308.0 309.0 290.0 324.0 5.17 7 700 3026 5.6 -4.2 49 9.8 0.9 243 56 308.7 309.4 289.1 321.1 3.99 8 650 3626 0.6 -8.4 51 9.0 -3.3 241 58 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.5 3.12 9 600 4264 -2.9 -15.2 38 12.3 -7.3 238 64 312.8 313.1 288.5 319.2 1.96 10 550 4948 -6.5 -23.2 25 16.7 -11.3 240 74 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.1 1.08 11 500 5686 -11.2 -30.9 18 19.8 -15.6 243 83 319.4 319.6 289.2 321.5 0.58 12 450 6485 -17.4 -33.3 24 15.9 -20.4 245 85 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.51 13 400 7355 -24.3 -38.0 27 13.7 -26.3 246 88 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.36 14 350 8311 -32.9 -41.3 43 8.4 -33.8 256 97 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.29 15 300 9375 -41.3 -47.7 50 6.4 -41.7 249 97 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 16 250 10589 -48.4 -56.5 38 8.1 -48.7 253 104 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12041 -54.1 -67.4 18 13.3 -54.4 244 83 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13862 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.4 249 45 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16399 -61.1 -83.8 3 22.7 -61.4 269 42 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.98 m Freezing level: 641.85 mb = 3729.91 m = 12237.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.20 mb = 3151.73 m = 10340.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.92 mb = 741.33 m = 2432.14 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2132.00 m = 6994.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1379.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.44 mb = 1381.48 m = 4532.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.44 mb = 2719.67 m = 8922.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.44 mb = 10952.29 m = 35932.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1379.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.44 mb = 14011.76 m = 45969.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 61.8 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 46.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 690.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 690.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 257.77 m/s