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: 36.91,-95.04 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -95.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 253 21.7 18.3 81 3.5 19.4 181 24 297.5 299.9 293.6 337.2 13.73 2 950 434 21.7 17.5 77 4.1 18.9 184 41 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.3 13.40 3 900 903 20.1 15.3 74 4.8 16.9 199 53 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.3 12.24 4 850 1395 18.3 11.4 64 7.0 13.9 219 55 305.4 307.2 293.2 335.4 10.00 5 800 1912 15.1 6.0 55 9.1 9.7 230 56 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.6 7.36 6 750 2455 10.5 0.8 51 9.7 5.3 239 58 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.6 5.41 7 700 3025 5.6 -4.0 50 9.6 1.0 243 60 308.7 309.4 289.2 321.4 4.07 8 650 3625 0.8 -8.6 49 9.4 -3.2 242 62 309.9 310.4 288.6 319.6 3.06 9 600 4264 -2.1 -18.2 28 16.1 -7.5 239 67 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.8 1.52 10 550 4951 -5.6 -25.5 19 19.9 -11.1 241 77 317.5 317.6 288.9 320.5 0.87 11 500 5690 -10.9 -29.5 20 18.6 -15.3 241 82 319.7 319.8 289.4 322.1 0.66 12 450 6489 -17.1 -32.2 26 15.0 -20.1 243 83 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.57 13 400 7360 -24.1 -37.5 28 13.4 -26.1 245 86 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.38 14 350 8317 -32.8 -40.9 44 8.1 -33.6 257 96 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 15 300 9382 -41.2 -47.5 50 6.4 -41.6 247 93 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.17 16 250 10597 -48.3 -56.0 41 7.7 -48.6 253 101 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 17 200 12048 -54.7 -67.2 20 12.5 -54.9 241 80 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13860 -60.1 -77.6 8 17.6 -60.3 256 48 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16398 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.7 -60.5 267 41 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.26 m Freezing level: 636.05 mb = 3803.25 m = 12477.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.96 mb = 3165.13 m = 10384.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.78 mb = 695.56 m = 2282.00 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2090.84 m = 6859.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1283.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.84 mb = 1306.01 m = 4284.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.84 mb = 2748.12 m = 9016.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.84 mb = 11031.78 m = 36193.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1279.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.84 mb = 14122.40 m = 46332.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 64.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 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): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 773.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 773.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 257.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.85 Bulk Rich Number: 4.44 Bulk Shear: 288.77 m/s