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,-95.00 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 254 21.7 18.3 81 3.4 19.4 180 24 297.4 299.9 293.6 337.2 13.74 2 950 435 21.6 17.6 78 4.0 18.8 183 41 299.1 301.6 293.9 338.2 13.42 3 900 904 19.9 15.4 75 4.5 16.8 199 53 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.3 12.29 4 850 1396 18.3 11.6 65 6.7 14.0 218 56 305.3 307.2 293.2 335.7 10.14 5 800 1913 15.0 6.4 56 8.6 9.9 230 57 307.2 308.6 291.7 330.1 7.55 6 750 2456 10.5 1.2 52 9.3 5.5 239 59 307.9 309.0 290.3 325.0 5.55 7 700 3025 5.6 -3.8 51 9.4 1.1 243 61 308.7 309.5 289.2 321.6 4.13 8 650 3626 0.9 -8.7 48 9.7 -3.2 242 63 310.0 310.6 288.6 319.7 3.03 9 600 4265 -1.7 -19.4 25 17.7 -7.5 240 68 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.7 1.37 10 550 4953 -5.2 -26.6 17 21.3 -11.0 241 78 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.6 0.79 11 500 5693 -10.8 -29.2 20 18.4 -15.2 241 82 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.68 12 450 6493 -17.0 -31.8 26 14.8 -20.0 243 83 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.59 13 400 7364 -24.0 -37.6 27 13.7 -25.9 245 85 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.38 14 350 8321 -32.7 -41.0 43 8.4 -33.6 257 94 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.30 15 300 9387 -41.1 -47.6 49 6.5 -41.5 246 92 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.17 16 250 10602 -48.3 -56.0 41 7.7 -48.6 253 100 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 17 200 12051 -55.0 -66.9 21 12.0 -55.2 240 79 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13860 -60.4 -77.6 9 17.2 -60.5 258 49 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16399 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.8 -60.4 267 41 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.05 m Freezing level: 632.39 mb = 3851.08 m = 12634.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.44 mb = 3172.02 m = 10406.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.37 mb = 691.04 m = 2267.17 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 19.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.47 mb = 2077.90 m = 6817.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1243.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.00 mb = 1285.13 m = 4216.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.00 mb = 2724.17 m = 8937.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.00 mb = 11257.70 m = 36934.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.00 mb = 14029.64 m = 46028.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 64.4 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 48.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 798.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 798.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 266.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.81 Bulk Rich Number: 4.17 Bulk Shear: 298.01 m/s