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: 37.49,-94.61 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 966 287 20.5 17.9 85 2.5 18.8 188 24 296.5 299.0 293.2 335.5 13.51 2 950 433 20.6 17.4 82 3.2 18.4 188 39 298.1 300.5 293.4 336.6 13.26 3 900 901 20.0 14.4 70 5.5 16.3 206 52 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.57 4 850 1392 17.5 10.4 63 7.1 13.0 221 55 304.5 306.2 292.4 332.5 9.35 5 800 1907 13.2 6.8 65 6.4 9.5 231 55 305.2 306.7 291.3 328.7 7.80 6 750 2447 9.3 2.5 62 6.9 5.6 238 55 306.7 307.8 290.4 325.4 6.11 7 700 3015 5.0 -1.5 63 6.5 1.7 239 56 308.0 309.0 289.8 323.2 4.90 8 650 3615 0.9 -6.6 57 7.6 -2.4 238 58 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.3 3.58 9 600 4253 -2.8 -12.4 47 9.7 -6.5 234 66 312.9 313.4 289.0 320.9 2.45 10 550 4938 -6.3 -19.3 35 13.0 -10.5 235 77 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.7 1.50 11 500 5676 -11.6 -23.6 36 12.0 -14.8 236 81 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.9 1.14 12 450 6474 -17.7 -27.2 43 9.5 -19.9 238 83 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.1 0.91 13 400 7343 -24.7 -31.9 51 7.2 -25.9 241 87 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.3 0.66 14 350 8298 -33.0 -38.3 59 5.3 -33.6 249 90 324.3 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.40 15 300 9363 -40.8 -44.7 66 3.9 -41.1 242 92 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.8 0.24 16 250 10580 -48.4 -53.3 57 4.9 -48.6 245 98 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.11 17 200 12025 -54.8 -65.0 27 10.2 -55.1 239 79 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13836 -60.1 -77.6 8 17.5 -60.3 253 56 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16392 -59.0 -84.1 2 25.1 -59.3 266 30 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.84 m Freezing level: 637.43 mb = 3775.42 m = 12386.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.34 mb = 3257.32 m = 10686.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.03 mb = 607.61 m = 1993.44 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 1907.26 m = 6257.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 32.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.00 mb = 1352.02 m = 4435.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.00 mb = 2568.33 m = 8426.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.00 mb = 10871.74 m = 35668.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1057.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.00 mb = 13878.00 m = 45530.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 46.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 607.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 607.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.92 Bulk Rich Number: 5.20 Bulk Shear: 204.92 m/s