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,-95.17 Latitude: 36.91 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 970 250 22.0 18.2 79 3.8 19.4 183 24 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.3 13.68 2 950 433 22.0 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 185 41 299.5 301.9 293.9 338.4 13.32 3 900 902 20.5 15.1 71 5.4 16.9 201 53 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.5 12.09 4 850 1395 18.6 10.8 60 7.9 13.6 220 54 305.7 307.4 292.9 334.5 9.59 5 800 1913 15.2 5.2 51 10.0 9.3 232 54 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.5 6.93 6 750 2455 10.5 0.2 49 10.4 5.1 240 55 308.0 309.0 289.9 323.9 5.16 7 700 3025 5.5 -4.3 49 9.8 0.9 243 57 308.6 309.4 289.0 321.1 3.98 8 650 3625 0.5 -8.4 51 8.9 -3.3 241 59 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.5 3.12 9 600 4263 -2.9 -15.3 38 12.4 -7.4 238 64 312.8 313.1 288.5 319.1 1.94 10 550 4947 -6.5 -23.2 25 16.7 -11.3 240 75 316.4 316.6 288.8 320.1 1.07 11 500 5685 -11.2 -30.7 18 19.6 -15.6 242 83 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.59 12 450 6483 -17.4 -33.3 24 15.9 -20.4 244 85 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.51 13 400 7354 -24.3 -37.8 28 13.5 -26.2 246 88 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.8 0.37 14 350 8309 -32.9 -41.1 44 8.2 -33.8 256 97 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.30 15 300 9373 -41.3 -47.6 50 6.3 -41.7 249 96 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.17 16 250 10588 -48.4 -56.5 39 8.1 -48.7 253 104 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12041 -54.1 -67.5 18 13.5 -54.3 244 82 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13860 -59.3 -77.8 7 18.6 -59.5 250 45 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16398 -60.9 -83.8 3 22.9 -61.2 269 42 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.40 m Freezing level: 642.24 mb = 3723.91 m = 12217.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.20 mb = 3150.69 m = 10336.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.13 mb = 729.22 m = 2392.43 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.98 mb = 2125.77 m = 6974.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 30.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1377.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.14 mb = 1373.56 m = 4506.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.14 mb = 2710.78 m = 8893.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.14 mb = 11212.54 m = 36786.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1358.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.14 mb = 13980.97 m = 45868.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 62.3 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 46.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 700.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 700.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.77 Bulk Rich Number: 5.27 Bulk Shear: 261.25 m/s