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: 36.9,-95.22 Latitude: 36.90 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 970 249 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 184 24 297.8 300.2 293.7 337.3 13.65 2 950 433 22.1 17.4 75 4.7 18.9 186 41 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.4 13.29 3 900 902 20.7 15.0 70 5.7 16.9 202 53 302.9 305.1 294.0 338.5 12.03 4 850 1395 18.7 10.5 59 8.2 13.6 221 53 305.8 307.5 292.9 334.2 9.45 5 800 1913 15.2 4.9 50 10.3 9.2 233 53 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.1 6.78 6 750 2456 10.5 -0.0 48 10.6 4.9 241 54 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.7 5.08 7 700 3025 5.5 -4.3 49 9.9 0.8 243 56 308.6 309.4 289.0 321.0 3.96 8 650 3625 0.5 -8.3 52 8.8 -3.3 241 58 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.4 3.14 9 600 4263 -3.2 -14.5 41 11.4 -7.3 237 63 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.2 2.06 10 550 4946 -6.7 -22.6 27 15.8 -11.3 240 74 316.1 316.3 288.7 320.0 1.13 11 500 5684 -11.2 -31.2 17 20.0 -15.7 243 83 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.56 12 450 6482 -17.5 -33.7 23 16.2 -20.5 245 85 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.0 0.49 13 400 7352 -24.4 -37.9 27 13.6 -26.3 246 89 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.36 14 350 8307 -33.0 -41.2 43 8.3 -33.8 256 98 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.29 15 300 9371 -41.4 -47.7 50 6.3 -41.8 250 97 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 16 250 10586 -48.4 -56.6 38 8.2 -48.7 253 105 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 17 200 12039 -53.9 -67.6 17 13.8 -54.1 245 83 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13861 -59.0 -77.9 7 18.9 -59.2 247 44 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16398 -61.2 -83.8 3 22.6 -61.4 270 42 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.30 m Freezing level: 643.72 mb = 3705.21 m = 12156.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.76 mb = 3144.42 m = 10316.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.63 mb = 743.34 m = 2438.74 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.81 mb = 2138.73 m = 7016.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.34 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1407.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.75 mb = 1398.00 m = 4586.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.75 mb = 2738.26 m = 8983.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.75 mb = 10995.52 m = 36074.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1403.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.75 mb = 14083.89 m = 46206.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 676.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 676.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.72 Bulk Rich Number: 5.59 Bulk Shear: 251.91 m/s