MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-96.11 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 981 237 19.5 18.0 91 1.4 18.5 166 14 294.3 296.6 292.4 332.5 13.37 2 950 510 17.4 17.0 97 0.4 17.2 173 25 294.9 297.2 292.3 332.0 12.97 3 900 971 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.2 198 27 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.2 11.99 4 850 1456 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 215 25 300.1 301.9 291.7 330.1 10.23 5 800 1964 10.2 8.4 89 1.8 9.1 216 26 302.0 303.6 291.0 327.7 8.66 6 750 2500 8.0 -0.4 56 8.3 3.7 228 26 305.3 306.2 288.9 320.5 4.97 7 700 3066 4.5 -11.5 30 16.0 -1.9 242 27 307.5 307.9 287.0 314.7 2.27 8 650 3663 -0.0 -16.0 29 16.0 -5.7 241 33 308.9 309.2 286.9 314.4 1.68 9 600 4299 -4.1 -21.8 24 17.7 -9.3 237 43 311.4 311.6 287.1 315.1 1.12 10 550 4979 -8.1 -28.9 17 20.7 -13.1 237 50 314.4 314.6 287.6 316.7 0.64 11 500 5713 -12.7 -31.6 19 18.9 -16.7 234 53 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.5 0.54 12 450 6507 -18.9 -31.9 31 13.0 -21.4 231 53 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.6 0.59 13 400 7371 -26.0 -37.8 32 11.9 -27.6 223 57 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.6 0.37 14 350 8324 -32.8 -46.5 24 13.8 -34.0 214 62 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.17 15 300 9392 -39.8 -54.5 19 14.7 -40.6 209 71 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 16 250 10617 -47.8 -58.9 27 11.0 -48.2 211 75 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12058 -56.4 -67.6 23 11.2 -56.5 215 66 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13870 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.5 240 54 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16379 -62.5 -84.0 4 21.4 -62.7 253 34 406.9 406.9 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.77 m Freezing level: 650.45 mb = 3658.03 m = 12001.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.84 mb = 2870.61 m = 9417.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.24 mb = 417.72 m = 1370.46 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 904.98 m = 2969.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.30 C = 72.14 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 21.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.03 mb = 774.22 m = 2540.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.03 mb = 1798.05 m = 5899.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 756.03 mb = 2433.31 m = 7983.22 ft B at Equ Level: 21.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.03 mb = 12862.46 m = 42199.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 6.23 Bulk Shear: 109.68 m/s