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,-95.95 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 979 233 22.5 18.3 77 4.2 19.6 167 17 297.5 300.0 293.6 337.1 13.67 2 950 491 19.9 16.6 81 3.4 17.7 176 27 297.4 299.7 292.7 333.8 12.58 3 900 955 16.5 14.1 86 2.4 15.0 192 29 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.5 11.33 4 850 1440 13.8 10.5 81 3.3 11.7 212 30 300.6 302.3 291.2 328.3 9.43 5 800 1949 10.1 7.4 83 2.8 8.5 217 30 301.9 303.4 290.6 325.9 8.07 6 750 2483 6.6 1.5 70 5.1 3.9 216 30 303.7 304.8 289.0 321.0 5.70 7 700 3046 3.5 -5.3 52 8.8 -0.5 223 35 306.4 307.1 288.0 317.8 3.67 8 650 3644 0.3 -10.3 45 10.6 -4.0 225 38 309.3 309.8 288.1 317.9 2.68 9 600 4281 -3.4 -17.0 34 13.6 -8.0 224 40 312.2 312.5 288.0 317.7 1.68 10 550 4963 -7.9 -22.9 29 15.1 -12.1 230 43 314.7 314.9 288.2 318.5 1.10 11 500 5695 -13.3 -28.6 26 15.3 -16.7 232 48 316.8 317.0 288.5 319.4 0.73 12 450 6488 -19.3 -34.0 26 14.7 -21.9 231 50 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.7 0.48 13 400 7351 -26.3 -38.6 30 12.4 -27.9 227 49 320.9 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.34 14 350 8301 -33.6 -45.9 28 12.2 -34.7 226 50 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.18 15 300 9367 -39.9 -53.5 22 13.6 -40.6 211 62 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.09 16 250 10590 -48.1 -57.7 32 9.6 -48.4 203 66 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12036 -53.4 -68.7 14 15.3 -53.7 212 62 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13868 -57.8 -79.6 5 21.8 -58.0 238 42 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16386 -61.1 -84.5 3 23.3 -61.4 262 32 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.73 m Freezing level: 645.68 mb = 3698.64 m = 12134.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.78 mb = 2978.78 m = 9772.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.42 mb = 762.31 m = 2500.98 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1329.77 m = 4362.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.22 mb = 1076.36 m = 3531.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.22 mb = 1718.98 m = 5639.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.22 mb = 10018.62 m = 32869.08 ft B at Equ Level: 909.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.22 mb = 12988.11 m = 42611.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 205.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.68 Bulk Shear: 85.19 m/s