MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.88,-96.19 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 977 278 19.4 17.0 86 2.4 17.8 174 11 294.5 296.8 291.9 330.5 12.59 2 950 518 17.4 16.1 92 1.3 16.6 180 19 294.9 297.1 291.7 330.0 12.24 3 900 979 15.1 14.7 97 0.4 14.9 209 26 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.3 11.80 4 850 1463 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 217 29 299.9 301.9 292.4 332.6 11.16 5 800 1972 10.6 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 221 29 302.5 304.1 291.6 329.5 9.09 6 750 2509 9.0 1.3 58 7.7 4.9 225 29 306.4 307.4 289.8 323.6 5.62 7 700 3077 5.5 -11.7 28 17.2 -1.4 231 30 308.6 309.0 287.3 315.7 2.23 8 650 3677 1.0 -18.9 21 19.9 -5.6 232 31 310.1 310.3 286.9 314.5 1.32 9 600 4314 -3.5 -25.3 17 21.8 -9.5 231 36 312.0 312.2 287.0 314.8 0.81 10 550 4995 -8.3 -31.3 14 23.0 -13.5 229 42 314.2 314.3 287.4 316.0 0.51 11 500 5727 -13.5 -35.6 14 22.1 -17.6 224 48 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.0 0.37 12 450 6519 -19.4 -37.4 19 18.0 -22.2 220 50 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.34 13 400 7382 -26.3 -36.6 37 10.3 -27.8 219 53 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.41 14 350 8332 -34.2 -42.3 44 8.1 -35.0 218 63 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.6 0.26 15 300 9393 -41.6 -55.8 20 14.2 -42.2 214 74 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.0 0.07 16 250 10609 -48.6 -61.9 20 13.3 -49.0 212 77 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12050 -56.0 -67.8 21 11.9 -56.2 219 69 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13874 -57.4 -80.0 4 22.6 -57.6 251 46 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16380 -63.3 -84.0 4 20.7 -63.5 256 37 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.27 m Freezing level: 639.00 mb = 3817.27 m = 12523.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.37 mb = 2944.32 m = 9659.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.83 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.64 mb = 575.47 m = 1888.01 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 18.16 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.09 mb = 1016.22 m = 3334.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.20 C = 71.96 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 26.49 C K Index: 22.41 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 627.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.76 mb = 859.35 m = 2819.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.76 mb = 3580.95 m = 11748.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.76 mb = 9906.78 m = 32502.16 ft B at Equ Level: 627.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.76 mb = 12450.44 m = 40847.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 164.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 8.97 Bulk Shear: 69.97 m/s