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: 36.94,-95.08 Latitude: 36.94 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 -10 SFC 970 253 21.8 18.2 80 3.5 19.4 182 24 297.5 300.0 293.6 337.2 13.71 2 950 433 21.8 17.5 77 4.2 18.9 184 41 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.3 13.38 3 900 902 20.2 15.2 73 5.0 16.9 200 53 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.4 12.18 4 850 1394 18.4 11.2 63 7.3 13.8 219 55 305.5 307.3 293.1 335.0 9.85 5 800 1912 15.1 5.7 53 9.5 9.6 231 55 307.3 308.6 291.5 329.1 7.17 6 750 2454 10.5 0.4 50 10.1 5.2 240 57 308.0 309.0 290.0 324.2 5.27 7 700 3024 5.5 -4.2 50 9.7 0.9 242 59 308.6 309.4 289.1 321.1 4.01 8 650 3624 0.7 -8.5 50 9.2 -3.3 241 61 309.7 310.3 288.6 319.5 3.09 9 600 4263 -2.4 -17.0 32 14.6 -7.4 238 66 313.3 313.6 288.4 318.9 1.68 10 550 4948 -5.9 -24.5 22 18.5 -11.1 240 77 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.4 0.96 11 500 5687 -11.0 -29.8 20 18.8 -15.4 241 83 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.8 0.64 12 450 6486 -17.3 -32.6 25 15.3 -20.3 243 84 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.55 13 400 7356 -24.2 -37.4 28 13.3 -26.1 245 87 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.0 0.38 14 350 8313 -32.8 -40.8 45 8.0 -33.7 257 97 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.6 0.31 15 300 9377 -41.2 -47.5 51 6.2 -41.6 248 94 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.18 16 250 10592 -48.3 -56.1 40 7.7 -48.6 253 102 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 17 200 12044 -54.3 -67.4 19 13.1 -54.6 242 81 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13859 -59.8 -77.7 8 17.9 -60.0 253 47 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16397 -60.3 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.6 268 41 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.27 m Freezing level: 639.40 mb = 3759.47 m = 12334.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.20 mb = 3149.82 m = 10333.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.08 mb = 701.16 m = 2300.37 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.50 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.93 mb = 2103.83 m = 6902.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1324.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.45 mb = 1329.25 m = 4361.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.45 mb = 2661.06 m = 8730.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.45 mb = 11093.82 m = 36396.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1314.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.45 mb = 14226.42 m = 46674.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 63.6 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 47.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 746.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 746.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 248.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.87 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 279.05 m/s