MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-99.10 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 551 SFC 946 589 15.0 1.9 41 13.1 8.3 178 12 292.7 293.6 283.9 306.2 4.64 3 900 1010 16.7 10.3 66 6.4 12.8 202 33 298.8 300.4 290.1 324.4 8.77 4 850 1500 18.0 9.2 56 8.8 12.6 221 31 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.9 8.60 5 800 2017 15.5 5.1 50 10.3 9.5 234 27 307.6 308.9 291.3 328.8 6.91 6 750 2561 12.1 -2.6 36 14.7 4.7 244 18 309.7 310.5 289.6 323.0 4.22 7 700 3134 8.2 -4.5 40 12.7 2.0 262 14 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.9 3.91 8 650 3741 3.0 -4.4 58 7.4 -0.6 268 14 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.8 4.25 9 600 4383 -2.3 -7.3 68 5.0 -4.6 257 16 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.2 3.68 10 550 5067 -7.4 -11.8 71 4.3 -9.1 260 21 315.3 315.8 290.1 324.4 2.82 11 500 5804 -11.9 -14.4 82 2.5 -12.8 272 26 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.8 2.51 12 450 6603 -17.0 -21.8 66 4.8 -18.3 272 38 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.48 13 400 7475 -23.2 -25.8 79 2.6 -23.8 272 43 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.16 14 350 8439 -30.3 -30.5 98 0.2 -30.3 263 46 328.0 328.1 292.0 331.1 0.86 15 300 9515 -39.4 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.4 259 52 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.42 16 250 10734 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 263 70 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 12157 -58.2 -64.3 46 6.0 -58.3 268 72 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.03 18 150 13948 -63.7 -75.7 18 12.0 -63.8 262 69 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16397 -67.4 -84.1 8 16.7 -67.5 276 50 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.67 m Freezing level: 621.64 mb = 4104.87 m = 13467.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.98 mb = 3603.50 m = 11822.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.49 mb = 2268.08 m = 7441.10 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 7.91 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.77 mb = 3618.55 m = 11871.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lifted Index: 3.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.82 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 26.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 49.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7357.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.43 mb = 2118.21 m = 6949.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.3 neg: -22.1 tot: 209.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 53.53 m/s