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: 37.22,-95.00 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 269 21.3 18.2 83 3.0 19.2 181 23 297.2 299.7 293.6 336.9 13.73 2 950 429 21.4 17.5 78 3.9 18.8 184 39 298.9 301.4 293.8 337.9 13.39 3 900 898 20.2 14.9 71 5.3 16.7 202 51 302.3 304.5 293.7 337.5 11.89 4 850 1390 18.0 10.9 63 7.1 13.5 218 53 305.0 306.8 292.8 334.0 9.66 5 800 1906 14.4 5.8 56 8.6 9.4 231 54 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.6 7.25 6 750 2448 10.1 0.0 49 10.1 4.8 240 55 307.6 308.5 289.8 323.3 5.11 7 700 3017 5.3 -4.3 50 9.6 0.7 242 58 308.3 309.1 289.0 320.8 3.98 8 650 3616 0.2 -7.5 56 7.8 -3.1 240 61 309.2 309.8 288.6 319.7 3.34 9 600 4253 -3.2 -15.3 39 12.1 -7.5 235 67 312.5 312.8 288.3 318.8 1.94 10 550 4938 -6.1 -25.7 20 19.6 -11.4 239 78 316.9 317.0 288.7 319.8 0.86 11 500 5676 -11.3 -31.1 18 19.9 -15.7 240 84 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.57 12 450 6474 -17.6 -34.0 22 16.4 -20.6 241 86 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.9 0.48 13 400 7344 -24.5 -37.7 28 13.2 -26.3 242 89 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.37 14 350 8299 -33.1 -41.7 42 8.6 -34.0 255 97 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.28 15 300 9363 -40.9 -48.7 43 7.8 -41.3 245 96 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.4 0.15 16 250 10581 -47.9 -56.6 36 8.7 -48.2 249 99 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 17 200 12035 -53.7 -68.1 16 14.4 -54.0 241 79 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 13851 -60.6 -77.5 9 16.9 -60.8 255 47 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16391 -59.2 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.5 267 40 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.62 m Freezing level: 646.72 mb = 3657.91 m = 12000.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.65 mb = 3125.27 m = 10253.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 653.43 m = 2143.79 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 19.13 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.62 mb = 2047.72 m = 6718.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 30.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1250.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.99 mb = 1349.60 m = 4427.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.99 mb = 2681.95 m = 8798.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.99 mb = 10874.58 m = 35677.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1243.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.99 mb = 13893.68 m = 45582.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 63.3 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 47.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 683.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 683.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 227.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 262.48 m/s