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: 36.96,-95.22 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -95.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 970 250 22.0 18.2 79 3.8 19.4 184 24 297.7 300.2 293.7 337.3 13.66 2 950 432 22.1 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 186 41 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.4 13.30 3 900 901 20.8 15.0 69 5.9 16.9 202 53 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.5 11.97 4 850 1394 18.7 10.4 58 8.4 13.4 221 53 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.9 9.34 5 800 1912 15.2 4.7 49 10.5 9.1 233 53 307.3 308.6 291.1 327.8 6.69 6 750 2454 10.5 -0.3 47 10.8 4.9 241 54 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.4 5.00 7 700 3024 5.5 -4.5 49 10.0 0.8 243 55 308.6 309.3 289.0 320.8 3.92 8 650 3623 0.3 -8.2 53 8.5 -3.3 240 57 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.3 3.17 9 600 4260 -3.5 -13.9 44 10.4 -7.3 236 63 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.1 2.17 10 550 4943 -7.0 -22.0 29 14.9 -11.4 239 73 315.7 316.0 288.6 319.8 1.19 11 500 5680 -11.4 -31.4 17 20.1 -15.7 243 84 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.2 0.55 12 450 6478 -17.6 -34.1 22 16.5 -20.6 244 86 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.8 0.47 13 400 7347 -24.5 -37.9 28 13.4 -26.4 246 89 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.37 14 350 8303 -33.1 -41.1 44 8.0 -33.9 256 99 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.30 15 300 9366 -41.4 -47.6 51 6.2 -41.8 250 98 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.17 16 250 10581 -48.3 -56.7 37 8.4 -48.6 253 105 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 17 200 12035 -53.6 -68.0 16 14.4 -53.9 245 83 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13859 -58.9 -78.0 7 19.1 -59.1 246 43 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16397 -61.0 -83.8 3 22.8 -61.3 270 42 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.00 m Freezing level: 645.82 mb = 3676.68 m = 12062.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.47 mb = 3134.54 m = 10283.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.10 mb = 737.55 m = 2419.74 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2141.61 m = 7026.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.30 mb = 1411.28 m = 4630.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.30 mb = 2639.98 m = 8661.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.30 mb = 11031.20 m = 36191.17 ft B at Equ Level: 1422.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.30 mb = 14145.19 m = 46407.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 61.6 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 46.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 666.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 666.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 5.78 Bulk Shear: 247.78 m/s