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: 37.12,-96.91 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -96.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 965 361 22.4 15.3 64 7.1 17.7 158 9 298.6 300.6 292.2 331.7 11.37 2 950 493 21.3 13.9 63 7.4 16.5 166 14 298.8 300.7 291.6 329.6 10.55 3 900 959 17.4 12.0 71 5.4 14.0 186 15 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.4 9.87 4 850 1444 13.3 10.3 82 2.9 11.4 198 17 300.0 301.7 291.0 327.4 9.31 5 800 1951 9.3 8.7 96 0.6 9.0 204 18 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.3 8.87 6 750 2484 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.7 208 21 302.9 304.1 289.7 323.0 6.71 7 700 3046 2.7 -5.0 57 7.8 -0.8 218 30 305.5 306.2 287.8 317.1 3.76 8 650 3641 -1.2 -9.9 51 8.8 -4.7 224 37 307.6 308.2 287.5 316.4 2.76 9 600 4275 -4.4 -17.3 36 12.9 -8.7 221 41 311.0 311.3 287.6 316.4 1.64 10 550 4955 -8.5 -24.2 27 15.7 -12.8 222 48 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.3 0.98 11 500 5687 -13.9 -29.8 25 15.9 -17.3 223 50 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.4 0.65 12 450 6477 -19.8 -34.1 27 14.2 -22.3 224 53 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.0 0.48 13 400 7339 -26.8 -38.1 34 11.3 -28.3 224 52 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.5 0.36 14 350 8286 -34.6 -41.5 49 6.9 -35.3 221 43 322.1 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.29 15 300 9345 -41.8 -53.5 27 11.8 -42.3 222 51 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.09 16 250 10564 -47.5 -62.0 17 14.6 -47.9 214 53 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.04 17 200 12018 -53.3 -69.7 12 16.5 -53.6 218 47 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13845 -58.1 -79.5 5 21.4 -58.3 238 38 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16359 -61.6 -84.1 3 22.5 -61.9 262 38 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.71 m Freezing level: 664.90 mb = 3463.90 m = 11364.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.27 mb = 2961.84 m = 9717.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.64 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.85 mb = 1257.71 m = 4126.30 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 15.33 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1727.61 m = 5667.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 29.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.74 mb = 1565.60 m = 5136.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.74 mb = 1922.78 m = 6308.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.74 mb = 9740.83 m = 31957.73 ft B at Equ Level: 551.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.74 mb = 11929.36 m = 39137.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 86.32 m/s