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: 36.46,-95.68 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -95.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 980 226 20.1 18.1 88 2.0 18.8 164 14 294.9 297.4 292.7 333.5 13.45 2 950 495 18.2 17.0 92 1.3 17.4 170 25 295.7 298.0 292.5 332.8 12.92 3 900 958 15.8 14.9 94 0.9 15.2 187 34 297.8 300.0 292.4 332.4 11.92 4 850 1443 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.6 211 31 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.9 10.43 5 800 1951 10.2 8.9 91 1.3 9.5 215 32 302.1 303.7 291.3 328.7 8.98 6 750 2486 7.2 0.5 62 6.7 3.7 215 32 304.4 305.4 288.9 320.5 5.29 7 700 3050 3.5 -5.4 52 8.9 -0.6 221 35 306.3 307.0 288.0 317.7 3.65 8 650 3647 0.1 -10.7 44 10.8 -4.2 226 39 309.1 309.6 287.9 317.4 2.61 9 600 4284 -3.5 -16.8 35 13.3 -8.1 228 42 312.0 312.4 288.0 317.7 1.71 10 550 4965 -7.9 -22.3 30 14.4 -12.0 232 45 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.6 1.16 11 500 5699 -13.1 -27.5 29 14.4 -16.5 233 48 317.1 317.2 288.7 319.8 0.80 12 450 6492 -19.1 -31.8 32 12.6 -21.5 231 51 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.3 0.60 13 400 7355 -26.2 -37.3 35 11.0 -27.8 228 52 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.3 0.39 14 350 8307 -32.7 -44.6 30 11.9 -33.8 219 55 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.21 15 300 9377 -39.3 -50.5 30 11.2 -40.0 206 69 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.12 16 250 10601 -48.1 -54.7 47 6.6 -48.4 200 70 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.09 17 200 12045 -54.9 -67.8 19 12.8 -55.1 211 67 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13869 -58.5 -79.2 5 20.6 -58.8 240 45 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16388 -61.4 -84.4 3 23.0 -61.7 259 32 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.64 m Freezing level: 648.59 mb = 3665.04 m = 12024.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.62 mb = 2972.80 m = 9753.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.77 mb = 479.39 m = 1572.79 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.10 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1022.67 m = 3355.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.11 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 784.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.72 mb = 837.95 m = 2749.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.72 mb = 1665.60 m = 5464.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.72 mb = 9894.85 m = 32463.02 ft B at Equ Level: 781.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.72 mb = 12794.04 m = 41974.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 7.31 Bulk Shear: 107.24 m/s