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: 37.42,-96.42 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 963 392 17.5 16.6 94 0.9 17.0 143 9 293.9 296.1 291.6 329.5 12.47 2 950 505 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.4 150 14 294.3 296.5 291.6 329.4 12.28 3 900 965 15.2 13.7 91 1.5 14.3 186 16 297.2 299.2 291.5 329.2 11.02 4 850 1449 12.6 10.6 88 2.0 11.4 196 17 299.4 301.1 290.9 327.2 9.50 5 800 1955 9.0 8.2 95 0.8 8.6 197 18 300.8 302.3 290.6 326.1 8.57 6 750 2488 6.3 2.2 75 4.1 4.1 204 19 303.4 304.5 289.2 321.5 6.00 7 700 3052 3.5 -7.1 46 10.6 -1.2 215 24 306.3 306.9 287.5 316.3 3.20 8 650 3648 -1.5 -9.3 55 7.8 -4.7 220 27 307.3 307.8 287.6 316.4 2.91 9 600 4280 -5.2 -14.1 50 8.9 -8.4 221 35 310.0 310.5 287.8 316.9 2.14 10 550 4958 -9.0 -21.6 35 12.6 -12.6 224 46 313.4 313.7 287.9 317.6 1.23 11 500 5689 -14.0 -28.2 29 14.3 -17.2 225 52 316.0 316.1 288.3 318.6 0.75 12 450 6479 -19.8 -33.6 28 13.8 -22.2 224 55 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.1 0.50 13 400 7341 -26.7 -37.5 35 10.8 -28.2 221 54 320.3 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.38 14 350 8289 -34.2 -43.5 38 9.3 -35.1 218 45 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.23 15 300 9351 -41.0 -53.4 25 12.3 -41.6 214 55 327.5 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.09 16 250 10569 -48.3 -60.3 24 12.0 -48.7 207 60 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12016 -54.6 -68.7 16 14.1 -54.8 214 57 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 13836 -58.3 -79.4 5 21.1 -58.5 240 44 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16361 -61.1 -84.2 3 23.1 -61.3 268 32 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.70 m Freezing level: 664.87 mb = 3470.45 m = 11385.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.92 mb = 2925.39 m = 9597.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.96 % Est. max temperature: 24.01 C = 75.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.05 mb = 504.23 m = 1654.27 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1290.85 m = 4235.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.27 C = 72.09 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 26.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 576.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.54 mb = 1016.92 m = 3336.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.54 mb = 1753.75 m = 5753.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.54 mb = 9588.33 m = 31457.39 ft B at Equ Level: 570.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.54 mb = 12030.48 m = 39469.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 6.69 Bulk Shear: 86.17 m/s