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: 36.88,-96.34 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 973 300 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.1 167 13 295.3 297.6 292.3 332.0 12.81 2 950 503 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 17.0 173 22 296.0 298.2 292.0 331.3 12.27 3 900 966 15.7 13.9 89 1.8 14.6 193 23 297.7 299.8 291.7 330.2 11.18 4 850 1450 12.7 11.2 91 1.5 11.8 204 22 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.5 9.90 5 800 1957 9.5 8.6 93 1.0 9.0 206 21 301.3 302.9 290.9 327.3 8.77 6 750 2491 7.4 -0.2 58 7.6 3.5 218 22 304.6 305.5 288.7 319.9 5.01 7 700 3056 3.8 -8.0 42 11.8 -1.3 228 26 306.7 307.3 287.5 316.1 2.99 8 650 3652 -0.7 -10.8 46 10.1 -4.7 232 32 308.1 308.6 287.5 316.3 2.58 9 600 4287 -4.5 -16.5 39 12.0 -8.6 231 40 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.6 1.75 10 550 4967 -8.4 -24.8 25 16.4 -12.8 230 48 314.1 314.3 287.8 317.2 0.93 11 500 5699 -13.4 -30.3 23 16.9 -17.0 229 52 316.8 316.9 288.4 318.9 0.62 12 450 6491 -19.4 -33.3 28 14.0 -21.9 226 52 318.9 319.0 288.9 320.7 0.51 13 400 7354 -26.6 -35.9 41 9.3 -28.0 224 51 320.4 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.45 14 350 8303 -33.9 -45.8 29 11.9 -34.9 219 49 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.18 15 300 9366 -40.7 -54.2 22 13.4 -41.4 212 61 327.9 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.08 16 250 10586 -48.1 -60.0 24 11.9 -48.4 209 67 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.05 17 200 12033 -55.1 -68.3 18 13.3 -55.3 213 61 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13850 -58.6 -79.1 5 20.5 -58.8 241 45 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16367 -61.3 -84.1 3 22.9 -61.5 261 34 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.24 m Freezing level: 658.05 mb = 3556.37 m = 11667.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.37 mb = 2900.90 m = 9517.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.83 mb = 622.90 m = 2043.61 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1232.83 m = 4044.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.75 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 25.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 671.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.51 mb = 1017.81 m = 3339.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.51 mb = 1654.03 m = 5426.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.51 mb = 9839.44 m = 32281.25 ft B at Equ Level: 664.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.51 mb = 12373.16 m = 40593.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 129.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 79.79 m/s