MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-95.86 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 981 217 22.2 18.2 78 4.0 19.5 173 16 296.9 299.4 293.3 336.0 13.53 2 950 494 19.6 16.6 83 3.0 17.6 181 26 297.1 299.3 292.7 333.5 12.62 3 900 958 16.3 14.6 90 1.7 15.3 198 29 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.4 11.72 4 850 1443 13.8 11.1 84 2.7 12.1 216 31 300.6 302.4 291.6 329.5 9.82 5 800 1952 10.3 7.4 82 2.9 8.6 218 31 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.3 8.12 6 750 2487 7.5 -1.3 54 8.8 3.1 217 32 304.7 305.6 288.3 318.9 4.63 7 700 3051 3.8 -6.2 48 10.0 -0.7 225 36 306.7 307.3 287.9 317.4 3.43 8 650 3649 0.4 -11.7 40 12.1 -4.3 228 40 309.4 309.9 287.8 317.1 2.41 9 600 4287 -3.2 -18.3 30 15.1 -8.2 229 43 312.4 312.7 287.9 317.4 1.50 10 550 4969 -7.7 -24.1 25 16.4 -12.2 234 47 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.3 0.99 11 500 5703 -12.9 -29.4 24 16.5 -16.6 234 49 317.3 317.4 288.6 319.6 0.67 12 450 6496 -19.0 -33.0 28 14.0 -21.6 232 52 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.53 13 400 7360 -26.3 -38.1 32 11.8 -27.9 230 52 320.8 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.36 14 350 8310 -33.3 -45.8 28 12.5 -34.4 224 53 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.5 0.18 15 300 9378 -39.5 -52.7 23 13.3 -40.2 209 66 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 16 250 10603 -47.8 -57.0 34 9.2 -48.1 203 68 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 17 200 12048 -54.6 -67.9 18 13.3 -54.9 212 65 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 13878 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.5 241 47 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16390 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 247 31 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.95 m Freezing level: 644.25 mb = 3722.63 m = 12213.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.11 mb = 2945.55 m = 9663.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.81 mb = 715.75 m = 2348.23 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1235.42 m = 4053.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 27.84 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 860.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.75 mb = 998.49 m = 3275.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.75 mb = 1737.27 m = 5699.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.75 mb = 10067.56 m = 33029.66 ft B at Equ Level: 857.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.75 mb = 13053.81 m = 42826.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.55 Bulk Shear: 90.17 m/s