MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-96.26 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 978 253 18.7 17.6 93 1.2 17.9 156 14 293.7 296.1 291.9 330.9 13.02 2 950 505 18.3 16.2 87 2.1 16.9 169 24 295.8 298.0 292.0 331.1 12.27 3 900 968 16.4 12.8 80 3.5 14.1 201 24 298.4 300.3 291.3 328.7 10.40 4 850 1453 13.4 8.9 74 4.6 10.7 219 23 300.2 301.7 290.3 325.0 8.42 5 800 1960 10.0 5.3 73 4.7 7.3 227 23 301.8 303.1 289.6 322.7 7.01 6 750 2494 6.6 0.9 67 5.6 3.6 226 25 303.7 304.7 288.8 320.2 5.46 7 700 3057 3.4 -5.9 50 9.3 -0.7 228 32 306.3 306.9 287.8 317.2 3.51 8 650 3654 -0.1 -11.8 41 11.7 -4.6 232 38 308.9 309.3 287.6 316.5 2.38 9 600 4291 -3.6 -16.6 36 12.9 -8.1 232 44 311.9 312.2 288.0 317.6 1.75 10 550 4973 -7.6 -26.5 20 18.9 -12.5 232 47 315.1 315.2 288.0 317.8 0.80 11 500 5706 -12.8 -31.4 19 18.6 -16.7 232 47 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.4 0.55 12 450 6500 -19.2 -33.5 27 14.3 -21.7 233 47 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.9 0.50 13 400 7363 -26.5 -37.8 34 11.3 -28.0 232 45 320.6 320.6 289.3 321.9 0.37 14 350 8312 -34.1 -45.7 30 11.6 -35.1 228 41 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.18 15 300 9374 -40.9 -53.5 25 12.6 -41.5 218 48 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.09 16 250 10593 -48.3 -61.0 22 12.7 -48.7 211 62 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.04 17 200 12038 -54.9 -68.4 17 13.5 -55.1 218 58 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13863 -57.4 -79.6 4 22.3 -57.6 240 45 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16384 -62.4 -84.0 4 21.6 -62.6 266 34 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.27 m Freezing level: 650.89 mb = 3643.69 m = 11954.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.50 mb = 2958.50 m = 9706.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.69 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.80 mb = 398.78 m = 1308.33 ft T: 18.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1471.82 m = 4828.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.23 C = 77.42 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 25.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.29 mb = 1050.21 m = 3445.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.29 mb = 2209.04 m = 7247.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.29 mb = 9687.11 m = 31781.47 ft B at Equ Level: 485.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.29 mb = 11837.24 m = 38835.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.66 Bulk Shear: 105.48 m/s