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: 36.47,-95.79 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 229 21.1 18.2 84 2.9 19.1 166 16 296.0 298.4 293.0 335.0 13.57 2 950 493 18.9 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 173 26 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.3 12.81 3 900 957 16.1 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 189 32 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.1 11.69 4 850 1442 13.6 11.4 87 2.1 12.2 211 31 300.4 302.2 291.7 329.8 10.03 5 800 1950 10.2 8.3 88 1.9 9.0 216 31 302.0 303.6 291.0 327.6 8.62 6 750 2485 6.9 1.0 66 6.0 3.8 215 31 304.1 305.1 288.9 320.7 5.48 7 700 3048 3.5 -5.4 52 8.8 -0.6 222 35 306.3 307.0 288.0 317.7 3.66 8 650 3646 0.2 -10.5 44 10.7 -4.1 226 39 309.2 309.7 287.9 317.6 2.64 9 600 4282 -3.5 -16.8 35 13.4 -8.0 226 41 312.1 312.4 288.0 317.7 1.70 10 550 4964 -7.9 -22.5 30 14.6 -12.1 231 44 314.7 314.9 288.3 318.6 1.14 11 500 5697 -13.2 -27.9 28 14.8 -16.6 233 48 317.0 317.1 288.6 319.6 0.77 12 450 6490 -19.2 -32.6 29 13.4 -21.7 231 51 319.1 319.2 289.0 321.1 0.55 13 400 7353 -26.2 -37.8 33 11.6 -27.8 227 51 320.9 320.9 289.4 322.2 0.37 14 350 8304 -33.1 -45.1 29 12.0 -34.1 222 53 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.19 15 300 9373 -39.6 -51.6 27 12.0 -40.3 208 66 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.11 16 250 10596 -48.1 -55.8 41 7.7 -48.4 201 68 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.08 17 200 12041 -54.3 -68.1 17 13.8 -54.6 211 65 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13869 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.5 239 43 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16387 -61.3 -84.4 3 23.1 -61.6 260 32 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.20 m Freezing level: 647.45 mb = 3678.03 m = 12066.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.44 mb = 2973.23 m = 9754.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 78.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.42 mb = 589.35 m = 1933.54 ft T: 18.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 17.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1156.06 m = 3792.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.11 C = 75.41 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 842.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.57 mb = 932.30 m = 3058.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.57 mb = 1666.04 m = 5465.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.57 mb = 10140.33 m = 33268.39 ft B at Equ Level: 837.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.57 mb = 12796.70 m = 41983.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 244.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 97.80 m/s