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: 36.95,-95.71 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 980 247 18.2 17.3 94 0.9 17.6 165 14 293.0 295.3 291.5 329.4 12.78 2 950 513 16.3 16.3 100 0.0 16.4 171 26 293.8 296.0 291.5 329.1 12.39 3 900 973 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.6 189 35 296.6 298.7 291.7 330.2 11.63 4 850 1456 12.7 12.3 97 0.4 12.4 209 30 299.4 301.3 291.8 330.4 10.61 5 800 1964 10.0 8.2 89 1.8 9.0 212 24 301.9 303.4 290.9 327.3 8.58 6 750 2498 7.6 -0.1 58 7.7 3.6 221 22 304.8 305.7 288.8 320.2 5.05 7 700 3064 4.6 -10.1 33 14.7 -1.5 238 21 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.5 2.52 8 650 3662 -0.3 -13.6 36 13.3 -5.3 239 23 308.6 309.0 287.2 315.2 2.05 9 600 4296 -5.0 -17.9 36 12.9 -9.2 237 30 310.3 310.6 287.2 315.4 1.56 10 550 4974 -9.3 -27.3 21 18.1 -13.6 235 40 313.1 313.2 287.3 315.6 0.74 11 500 5704 -13.7 -34.3 16 20.6 -17.6 235 50 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.8 0.42 12 450 6496 -19.1 -36.7 20 17.5 -22.0 231 53 319.2 319.2 288.9 320.5 0.37 13 400 7360 -26.6 -37.0 37 10.4 -28.0 228 55 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.9 0.40 14 350 8311 -32.8 -49.7 17 16.9 -34.1 214 67 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.9 0.12 15 300 9379 -39.9 -54.6 19 14.7 -40.7 204 76 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.08 16 250 10601 -48.1 -63.0 16 14.9 -48.5 206 83 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 12042 -57.1 -66.4 30 9.2 -57.3 210 75 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 13853 -58.2 -79.1 5 20.9 -58.5 245 49 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16372 -61.9 -84.1 4 22.2 -62.1 263 31 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.71 m Freezing level: 652.95 mb = 3626.76 m = 11898.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.75 mb = 2893.10 m = 9491.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.30 mb = 358.57 m = 1176.40 ft T: 17.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.00 mb = 739.75 m = 2426.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.32 C = 68.57 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 23.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 492.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.35 mb = 727.31 m = 2386.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.35 mb = 3281.90 m = 10767.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.35 mb = 9347.38 m = 30666.87 ft B at Equ Level: 487.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.35 mb = 11998.09 m = 39363.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.6 neg: -27.4 tot: 210.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 5.87 Bulk Shear: 83.77 m/s