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: 36.88,-94.77 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 967 286 21.3 17.9 81 3.4 19.0 182 24 297.3 299.7 293.4 336.3 13.50 2 950 440 21.3 17.4 78 4.0 18.7 184 41 298.8 301.3 293.7 337.4 13.25 3 900 907 19.2 15.5 79 3.7 16.7 196 54 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.8 12.39 4 850 1399 18.2 11.7 66 6.5 14.0 219 56 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.8 10.19 5 800 1916 14.8 7.3 61 7.5 10.3 229 57 306.9 308.4 292.0 331.3 8.04 6 750 2458 10.3 2.5 58 7.8 6.0 237 59 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.5 6.11 7 700 3028 5.6 -2.9 54 8.5 1.4 242 61 308.7 309.6 289.5 322.5 4.41 8 650 3629 1.5 -9.1 45 10.6 -3.0 241 61 310.7 311.2 288.8 320.1 2.95 9 600 4270 -1.3 -19.4 24 18.1 -7.3 241 67 314.6 314.9 288.5 319.2 1.37 10 550 4959 -5.0 -26.1 17 21.1 -10.8 241 77 318.1 318.3 289.0 321.0 0.82 11 500 5699 -10.7 -28.4 22 17.7 -15.0 240 79 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.6 0.73 12 450 6499 -16.9 -31.1 28 14.2 -19.8 244 81 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.3 0.64 13 400 7371 -23.9 -37.6 27 13.7 -25.9 246 84 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.38 14 350 8329 -32.4 -41.4 41 8.9 -33.4 253 90 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.29 15 300 9395 -41.0 -47.3 51 6.3 -41.4 245 90 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.18 16 250 10610 -48.9 -55.4 47 6.5 -49.1 251 99 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.08 17 200 12053 -55.9 -65.1 31 9.2 -56.0 241 79 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13859 -60.0 -77.6 8 17.6 -60.2 259 53 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16401 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.5 -60.7 262 37 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.08 m Freezing level: 623.12 mb = 3973.78 m = 13037.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.78 mb = 3218.28 m = 10558.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.66 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.49 mb = 712.74 m = 2338.36 ft T: 20.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.54 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.13 mb = 2063.20 m = 6768.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.71 mb = 1271.54 m = 4171.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.71 mb = 2707.53 m = 8882.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.71 mb = 11213.96 m = 36790.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1111.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.71 mb = 13955.11 m = 45783.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 63.7 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 47.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 789.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 789.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.20 Bulk Rich Number: 3.96 Bulk Shear: 282.86 m/s