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: 37.76,-97.54 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -97.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 958 425 19.3 14.7 74 4.6 16.3 79 5 296.1 298.1 291.1 327.9 11.03 2 950 496 18.5 14.0 75 4.5 15.6 88 6 296.0 297.9 290.7 326.6 10.62 3 900 958 15.4 12.2 82 3.1 13.4 141 7 297.3 299.1 290.6 326.3 9.97 4 850 1440 11.6 9.7 88 1.9 10.5 168 9 298.3 300.0 290.1 324.5 8.95 5 800 1945 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.8 170 11 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.1 8.24 6 750 2476 5.4 0.1 69 5.3 2.7 183 16 302.4 303.4 288.1 317.9 5.13 7 700 3036 1.6 -4.2 65 5.8 -1.0 197 21 304.3 305.0 287.6 316.6 4.00 8 650 3629 -2.4 -7.5 68 5.2 -4.6 206 25 306.3 306.9 287.6 316.7 3.34 9 600 4260 -6.0 -11.3 66 5.4 -8.0 208 31 309.2 309.7 288.0 317.8 2.68 10 550 4936 -10.1 -13.3 77 3.2 -11.2 210 37 312.1 312.6 288.8 320.2 2.49 11 500 5665 -15.0 -17.0 85 2.0 -15.6 212 43 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.4 2.02 12 450 6452 -20.9 -22.1 90 1.2 -21.2 216 44 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.9 1.44 13 400 7311 -27.4 -28.9 87 1.5 -27.7 220 49 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.4 0.88 14 350 8257 -35.2 -35.8 94 0.6 -35.3 218 53 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.2 0.52 15 300 9312 -42.8 -45.4 75 2.7 -43.0 224 46 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.9 0.22 16 250 10530 -46.7 -66.2 9 19.5 -47.2 230 32 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.02 17 200 11989 -52.3 -72.7 7 20.4 -52.7 227 32 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13832 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.6 -57.0 237 29 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16354 -63.1 -84.1 4 21.0 -63.3 263 33 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.65 m Freezing level: 679.53 mb = 3278.80 m = 10757.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.80 mb = 2877.48 m = 9440.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.74 C = 72.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 1011.78 m = 3319.46 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1486.44 m = 4876.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.04 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.75 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.58 mb = 1316.46 m = 4319.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.58 mb = 1764.07 m = 5787.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.58 mb = 9366.44 m = 30729.43 ft B at Equ Level: 453.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.58 mb = 11144.40 m = 36562.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.5 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 233.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.09 Bulk Shear: 90.02 m/s