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: 37.01,-95.24 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -13 SFC 970 252 22.0 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 184 24 297.8 300.2 293.6 337.3 13.64 2 950 431 22.1 17.4 75 4.7 18.9 186 40 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.4 13.28 3 900 900 21.0 14.8 68 6.2 16.9 203 53 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.3 11.86 4 850 1393 18.8 10.1 57 8.7 13.3 222 52 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.3 9.15 5 800 1911 15.1 4.4 49 10.7 9.0 234 52 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.3 6.56 6 750 2453 10.5 -0.5 46 11.0 4.8 242 53 307.9 308.9 289.7 323.1 4.91 7 700 3022 5.4 -4.6 48 10.0 0.7 243 54 308.5 309.2 288.9 320.6 3.88 8 650 3622 0.2 -8.1 54 8.2 -3.4 240 57 309.2 309.8 288.5 319.3 3.20 9 600 4258 -3.9 -13.2 49 9.3 -7.4 235 63 311.6 312.0 288.4 319.1 2.31 10 550 4940 -7.4 -21.2 32 13.8 -11.5 238 73 315.3 315.5 288.6 319.6 1.28 11 500 5676 -11.5 -31.8 17 20.3 -15.9 243 85 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.53 12 450 6474 -17.7 -34.7 21 17.0 -20.8 244 87 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.6 0.45 13 400 7343 -24.6 -37.9 28 13.4 -26.5 246 91 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.36 14 350 8298 -33.1 -41.1 45 8.0 -34.0 256 101 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.30 15 300 9360 -41.5 -47.7 51 6.2 -41.8 250 100 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.17 16 250 10575 -48.3 -56.9 36 8.6 -48.6 253 106 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 17 200 12031 -53.2 -68.4 14 15.2 -53.5 246 83 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 13858 -58.7 -78.0 7 19.4 -58.9 243 42 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16395 -61.1 -83.8 3 22.7 -61.3 270 43 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.22 m Freezing level: 647.97 mb = 3647.87 m = 11967.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.48 mb = 3121.47 m = 10240.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.47 mb = 742.54 m = 2436.13 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.54 mb = 2150.10 m = 7054.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 30.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 436.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1450.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.48 mb = 1438.83 m = 4720.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.48 mb = 2670.66 m = 8761.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.48 mb = 11105.40 m = 36434.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.48 mb = 14268.41 m = 46811.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 61.1 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 45.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 640.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 640.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.62 Bulk Rich Number: 6.09 Bulk Shear: 238.13 m/s