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: 36.95,-94.85 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 968 274 21.3 18.1 82 3.3 19.1 182 25 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.5 13.59 2 950 437 21.4 17.5 78 3.9 18.7 183 41 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.32 3 900 904 19.4 15.5 78 4.0 16.8 197 54 301.5 303.8 293.8 338.0 12.36 4 850 1396 18.2 11.6 65 6.6 14.0 218 56 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.6 10.13 5 800 1913 14.9 6.7 58 8.2 10.0 229 57 307.0 308.5 291.9 330.5 7.73 6 750 2456 10.4 1.6 55 8.8 5.6 238 59 307.8 308.9 290.4 325.5 5.73 7 700 3025 5.6 -3.6 52 9.2 1.1 242 61 308.7 309.5 289.3 321.8 4.20 8 650 3626 1.2 -9.0 47 10.2 -3.1 241 62 310.3 310.9 288.6 319.8 2.97 9 600 4266 -1.6 -19.3 25 17.7 -7.4 240 68 314.3 314.5 288.4 318.9 1.39 10 550 4954 -5.2 -26.1 18 20.9 -10.9 241 78 317.9 318.1 289.0 320.8 0.83 11 500 5694 -10.8 -28.7 21 17.9 -15.1 240 81 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.4 0.71 12 450 6493 -17.0 -31.5 27 14.4 -20.0 243 82 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.0 0.61 13 400 7365 -24.0 -37.4 28 13.4 -25.9 245 85 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.38 14 350 8322 -32.6 -41.0 43 8.4 -33.5 255 93 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.30 15 300 9388 -41.1 -47.4 51 6.3 -41.5 245 91 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.18 16 250 10603 -48.7 -55.5 45 6.8 -48.9 252 100 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.08 17 200 12049 -55.3 -66.1 25 10.8 -55.5 240 79 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 13857 -60.2 -77.6 8 17.5 -60.3 258 52 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16399 -60.1 -84.0 3 24.0 -60.3 265 38 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.32 m Freezing level: 628.61 mb = 3899.74 m = 12794.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.76 mb = 3180.03 m = 10433.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.55 mb = 690.22 m = 2264.47 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.04 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2070.75 m = 6793.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 31.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1180.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.25 mb = 1273.06 m = 4176.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.25 mb = 2709.92 m = 8890.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.25 mb = 11221.19 m = 36814.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1167.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.25 mb = 13972.88 m = 45842.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 64.4 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 48.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 789.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 789.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 288.21 m/s