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,-95.16 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 251 21.9 18.2 80 3.7 19.4 183 24 297.6 300.1 293.6 337.3 13.69 2 950 432 21.9 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 185 41 299.4 301.9 293.9 338.4 13.34 3 900 901 20.6 15.1 71 5.5 16.9 201 53 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.5 12.07 4 850 1394 18.6 10.7 60 7.9 13.6 220 54 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.4 9.57 5 800 1912 15.2 5.1 51 10.1 9.3 232 54 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.4 6.90 6 750 2454 10.5 0.0 48 10.5 5.0 240 55 308.0 308.9 289.9 323.8 5.12 7 700 3024 5.5 -4.3 49 9.9 0.8 243 57 308.6 309.3 289.0 320.9 3.96 8 650 3624 0.5 -8.3 52 8.8 -3.3 241 59 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.4 3.14 9 600 4261 -3.0 -15.1 39 12.1 -7.4 237 65 312.6 313.0 288.4 319.1 1.96 10 550 4945 -6.5 -23.0 26 16.4 -11.3 240 75 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.1 1.10 11 500 5683 -11.2 -30.7 18 19.5 -15.6 242 83 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.59 12 450 6481 -17.5 -33.4 24 16.0 -20.5 244 85 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.51 13 400 7351 -24.3 -37.7 28 13.3 -26.3 246 88 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37 14 350 8307 -33.0 -41.0 45 8.0 -33.8 256 98 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.30 15 300 9371 -41.3 -47.5 51 6.2 -41.7 249 96 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.17 16 250 10586 -48.3 -56.4 39 8.1 -48.6 253 104 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12039 -53.9 -67.7 17 13.8 -54.2 244 82 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13859 -59.3 -77.8 7 18.6 -59.5 249 45 367.9 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16397 -60.7 -83.8 3 23.1 -61.0 269 42 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.36 m Freezing level: 643.33 mb = 3708.87 m = 12168.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.76 mb = 3143.09 m = 10311.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 721.71 m = 2367.80 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 19.40 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.98 mb = 2124.82 m = 6971.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1384.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.91 mb = 1374.94 m = 4510.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.91 mb = 2712.35 m = 8898.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.91 mb = 10935.99 m = 35878.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1384.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.91 mb = 13989.44 m = 45896.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 62.4 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 46.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 699.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 699.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 233.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.80 Bulk Rich Number: 5.30 Bulk Shear: 261.10 m/s