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: 37.28,-94.77 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -94.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -9 SFC 966 286 20.8 18.0 84 2.9 18.9 184 24 296.9 299.3 293.3 336.1 13.56 2 950 433 21.0 17.4 80 3.6 18.6 185 39 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.2 13.29 3 900 901 19.7 14.9 74 4.9 16.5 202 52 301.9 304.0 293.6 337.0 11.91 4 850 1393 17.9 10.8 63 7.0 13.4 220 54 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.7 9.62 5 800 1908 14.0 6.6 61 7.4 9.6 230 55 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.2 7.65 6 750 2449 9.8 1.5 56 8.3 5.4 238 56 307.2 308.3 290.2 324.7 5.70 7 700 3018 5.3 -3.0 55 8.3 1.2 240 58 308.3 309.1 289.3 321.9 4.38 8 650 3618 0.8 -7.6 53 8.4 -2.9 239 60 309.9 310.5 288.8 320.4 3.32 9 600 4256 -2.7 -14.7 39 12.0 -7.0 236 66 313.0 313.4 288.6 319.7 2.04 10 550 4942 -5.9 -23.2 24 17.2 -10.9 237 77 317.0 317.3 289.0 320.7 1.08 11 500 5681 -11.2 -27.6 25 16.4 -15.2 238 82 319.3 319.5 289.4 322.1 0.79 12 450 6479 -17.5 -30.8 30 13.3 -20.2 241 84 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.6 0.65 13 400 7348 -24.4 -35.5 35 11.1 -26.2 242 87 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.46 14 350 8304 -32.9 -40.6 46 7.7 -33.7 252 92 324.4 324.4 290.5 325.5 0.32 15 300 9369 -40.8 -47.0 51 6.2 -41.2 244 94 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.18 16 250 10586 -48.3 -55.1 45 6.8 -48.6 248 98 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.09 17 200 12034 -54.6 -66.1 23 11.4 -54.8 240 79 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 13846 -60.4 -77.5 9 17.2 -60.6 255 53 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16393 -59.4 -84.1 3 24.7 -59.7 265 35 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.73 m Freezing level: 638.53 mb = 3764.38 m = 12350.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.01 mb = 3193.09 m = 10475.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.75 mb = 647.32 m = 2123.72 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 1996.86 m = 6551.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1132.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.22 mb = 1329.82 m = 4362.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.22 mb = 2658.12 m = 8720.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.22 mb = 10818.29 m = 35492.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1130.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.22 mb = 13794.79 m = 45257.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 63.1 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 47.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 667.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 667.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.51 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 241.51 m/s