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: 37.89,-99.02 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 507 SFC 937 623 17.2 12.3 73 4.9 14.1 73 6 295.8 297.5 289.8 323.5 9.60 3 900 966 13.1 11.0 87 2.2 11.9 71 7 295.1 296.7 289.2 321.5 9.19 4 850 1445 9.8 9.4 98 0.4 9.6 71 6 296.4 298.0 289.3 321.8 8.75 5 800 1947 8.7 1.6 61 7.1 5.0 162 2 300.4 301.4 287.6 316.5 5.37 6 750 2479 5.6 -2.6 55 8.2 1.7 183 8 302.7 303.4 287.2 315.5 4.21 7 700 3039 1.3 -4.8 64 6.1 -1.5 172 11 303.9 304.6 287.3 315.6 3.81 8 650 3630 -3.0 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.6 177 14 305.6 306.3 287.6 316.7 3.59 9 600 4260 -6.8 -10.6 74 3.8 -8.2 190 15 308.3 308.8 287.8 317.2 2.84 10 550 4934 -11.3 -16.3 66 5.1 -12.9 206 20 310.7 311.1 287.8 317.0 1.94 11 500 5658 -16.2 -19.0 79 2.9 -17.0 209 25 313.3 313.7 288.4 319.0 1.70 12 450 6442 -22.2 -22.3 99 0.1 -22.2 213 26 315.4 315.6 288.8 320.1 1.42 13 400 7297 -28.6 -28.6 99 0.1 -28.6 214 29 317.9 318.0 289.0 321.0 0.90 14 350 8239 -35.7 -36.0 98 0.2 -35.8 211 32 320.5 320.6 289.5 322.4 0.51 15 300 9296 -41.4 -54.5 23 13.1 -42.1 220 29 327.0 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.08 16 250 10518 -47.2 -66.0 10 18.8 -47.7 237 33 335.9 335.9 293.3 335.9 0.02 17 200 11983 -50.5 -73.9 5 23.4 -51.0 242 28 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 13840 -56.0 -80.3 3 24.3 -56.3 256 23 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16362 -61.8 -84.2 4 22.4 -62.0 247 28 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.64 m Freezing level: 685.20 mb = 3213.76 m = 10543.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.76 mb = 2767.73 m = 9080.36 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.21 % Est. max temperature: 22.32 C = 72.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.67 mb = 1243.63 m = 4080.11 ft T: 11.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 6.31 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1427.45 m = 4683.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.75 C = 63.95 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.97 mb = 1356.90 m = 4451.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.97 mb = 3107.73 m = 10195.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.97 mb = 7962.61 m = 26123.74 ft B at Equ Level: 139.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 293.97 mb = 9432.33 m = 30945.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 224.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: -4.1 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 47.82 m/s