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,-94.85 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 968 275 21.4 18.1 81 3.4 19.1 181 24 297.3 299.8 293.5 336.6 13.58 2 950 438 21.4 17.4 78 4.0 18.7 183 41 298.9 301.4 293.7 337.7 13.31 3 900 906 19.4 15.5 78 4.0 16.8 197 54 301.5 303.8 293.8 338.0 12.36 4 850 1398 18.2 11.6 65 6.6 14.0 218 56 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.7 10.17 5 800 1915 14.9 7.0 59 7.9 10.2 229 57 307.0 308.5 292.0 330.9 7.87 6 750 2457 10.4 2.0 56 8.3 5.8 238 59 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.0 5.92 7 700 3027 5.6 -3.2 53 8.8 1.3 242 61 308.7 309.5 289.4 322.2 4.31 8 650 3628 1.3 -9.0 46 10.3 -3.0 242 62 310.5 311.0 288.7 319.9 2.98 9 600 4268 -1.5 -19.4 24 17.9 -7.4 241 67 314.4 314.7 288.4 319.0 1.37 10 550 4957 -5.1 -26.3 17 21.2 -10.9 241 77 318.0 318.2 289.0 320.9 0.81 11 500 5697 -10.7 -28.7 21 18.0 -15.0 240 80 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.5 0.72 12 450 6497 -16.9 -31.3 28 14.4 -19.9 244 81 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.2 0.62 13 400 7369 -23.9 -37.6 27 13.7 -25.9 246 84 323.9 324.0 290.4 325.3 0.38 14 350 8326 -32.5 -41.2 42 8.7 -33.4 255 91 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.0 0.30 15 300 9392 -41.0 -47.4 50 6.4 -41.5 245 91 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.18 16 250 10607 -48.7 -55.6 45 6.9 -49.0 252 99 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 17 200 12052 -55.5 -65.6 27 10.1 -55.7 241 79 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.03 18 150 13859 -60.1 -77.6 8 17.5 -60.3 259 52 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16400 -60.4 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 264 38 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.72 m Freezing level: 626.22 mb = 3932.69 m = 12902.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.91 mb = 3203.84 m = 10511.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.15 mb = 705.17 m = 2313.53 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.91 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2068.40 m = 6786.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1162.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.13 mb = 1276.14 m = 4186.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.13 mb = 2713.18 m = 8901.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.13 mb = 11228.74 m = 36839.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.13 mb = 13980.46 m = 45867.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 64.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 48.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 792.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 792.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 264.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.41 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 287.80 m/s