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: 37.15,-95.16 Latitude: 37.15 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 -14 SFC 969 263 21.7 18.0 79 3.8 19.2 184 22 297.6 300.1 293.5 336.8 13.52 2 950 430 22.0 17.2 75 4.7 18.8 187 38 299.5 301.9 293.8 337.8 13.14 3 900 899 20.7 14.4 67 6.3 16.5 204 49 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.0 11.53 4 850 1392 18.3 9.9 58 8.4 13.0 222 50 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.5 9.03 5 800 1908 14.7 4.7 51 10.0 8.9 234 50 306.8 308.0 290.9 327.2 6.69 6 750 2450 10.2 -0.4 48 10.6 4.6 241 52 307.6 308.6 289.6 322.9 4.94 7 700 3019 5.2 -4.5 49 9.7 0.7 242 54 308.3 309.0 288.9 320.5 3.91 8 650 3618 0.1 -7.7 56 7.8 -3.3 239 57 309.0 309.6 288.5 319.4 3.28 9 600 4254 -3.9 -13.4 48 9.5 -7.4 234 63 311.6 312.1 288.4 319.0 2.27 10 550 4936 -7.3 -20.8 33 13.6 -11.4 237 74 315.4 315.7 288.7 319.9 1.32 11 500 5672 -11.8 -30.7 19 18.9 -16.0 241 84 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.8 0.59 12 450 6469 -17.8 -34.9 21 17.0 -20.9 243 87 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.4 0.44 13 400 7338 -24.7 -38.0 28 13.4 -26.5 244 92 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.36 14 350 8292 -33.2 -41.4 44 8.2 -34.1 255 100 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.29 15 300 9355 -41.3 -48.6 45 7.3 -41.7 249 99 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.16 16 250 10571 -48.2 -56.9 36 8.7 -48.5 251 104 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12027 -52.9 -68.3 14 15.4 -53.2 245 81 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13854 -59.2 -77.7 7 18.5 -59.4 246 44 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16392 -60.4 -83.8 3 23.4 -60.7 269 41 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.54 m Freezing level: 649.33 mb = 3626.52 m = 11897.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3115.47 m = 10221.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.66 mb = 739.63 m = 2426.58 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2138.71 m = 7016.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 30.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1304.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.36 mb = 1458.38 m = 4784.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.36 mb = 2691.12 m = 8829.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.36 mb = 10882.45 m = 35703.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1294.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.36 mb = 13922.86 m = 45678.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 60.6 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 45.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 577.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 577.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.52 Bulk Rich Number: 5.78 Bulk Shear: 225.77 m/s