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,-95.08 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 970 252 21.8 18.2 80 3.6 19.4 181 24 297.6 300.0 293.6 337.3 13.71 2 950 435 21.8 17.5 77 4.3 18.9 184 41 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.3 13.37 3 900 903 20.2 15.3 73 4.9 16.9 200 53 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.21 4 850 1396 18.4 11.2 63 7.2 13.8 219 55 305.5 307.3 293.1 335.2 9.90 5 800 1913 15.1 5.9 54 9.2 9.7 231 55 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.4 7.28 6 750 2456 10.5 0.8 51 9.7 5.3 239 57 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.39 7 700 3025 5.6 -4.0 50 9.6 1.0 243 59 308.7 309.4 289.2 321.4 4.07 8 650 3626 0.8 -8.6 49 9.4 -3.2 242 61 309.8 310.4 288.6 319.6 3.07 9 600 4265 -2.2 -17.4 30 15.2 -7.4 239 66 313.6 313.9 288.4 318.9 1.63 10 550 4951 -5.8 -25.0 20 19.2 -11.1 241 76 317.3 317.4 288.9 320.4 0.92 11 500 5690 -11.0 -29.9 19 18.9 -15.3 242 82 319.7 319.8 289.3 322.0 0.64 12 450 6489 -17.2 -32.4 25 15.3 -20.1 244 84 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.56 13 400 7360 -24.1 -37.7 27 13.6 -26.1 246 86 323.7 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.37 14 350 8317 -32.8 -41.1 43 8.4 -33.6 256 95 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.30 15 300 9381 -41.2 -47.6 50 6.4 -41.6 247 94 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.17 16 250 10597 -48.3 -56.2 40 7.9 -48.6 253 102 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 17 200 12047 -54.6 -67.1 20 12.5 -54.8 242 81 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13861 -59.9 -77.7 8 17.8 -60.0 255 47 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -60.5 -83.9 3 23.3 -60.8 268 41 410.7 410.7 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.87 m Freezing level: 637.00 mb = 3791.90 m = 12440.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.96 mb = 3165.95 m = 10386.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.24 mb = 710.55 m = 2331.17 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 19.44 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.52 mb = 2098.99 m = 6886.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.39 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1301.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.13 mb = 1323.88 m = 4343.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.13 mb = 2654.86 m = 8710.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.13 mb = 11078.85 m = 36347.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1294.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.13 mb = 14198.11 m = 46581.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 63.4 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 752.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 752.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 250.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.78 Bulk Rich Number: 4.63 Bulk Shear: 281.11 m/s