MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-94.48 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 969 360 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 151 18 291.3 293.2 289.3 321.7 10.76 2 950 529 14.6 13.8 95 0.8 14.1 151 31 292.0 293.8 289.3 321.7 10.47 3 900 987 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 169 39 296.6 298.5 290.9 327.0 10.51 4 850 1472 13.9 10.3 79 3.6 11.6 204 31 300.7 302.4 291.2 328.0 9.27 5 800 1981 10.6 6.2 75 4.3 8.0 223 27 302.4 303.8 290.2 324.7 7.47 6 750 2515 7.1 -0.4 59 7.5 3.3 230 24 304.3 305.2 288.6 319.5 4.97 7 700 3079 3.4 -5.5 52 8.9 -0.6 230 26 306.3 307.0 287.9 317.6 3.63 8 650 3676 -0.6 -9.2 52 8.6 -4.1 229 31 308.3 308.8 287.9 317.5 2.93 9 600 4311 -4.4 -14.5 45 10.1 -8.0 232 37 311.0 311.4 288.0 317.7 2.07 10 550 4990 -8.7 -19.5 41 10.9 -12.0 238 43 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.7 1.48 11 500 5722 -13.5 -23.5 43 10.0 -16.1 240 45 316.6 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.15 12 450 6514 -19.2 -27.6 47 8.4 -21.0 237 45 319.1 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.88 13 400 7380 -25.0 -27.9 77 2.9 -25.5 223 52 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.9 0.96 14 350 8337 -31.7 -31.8 99 0.1 -31.7 214 68 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.76 15 300 9410 -39.3 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.4 202 77 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.42 16 250 10632 -48.7 -49.7 90 1.0 -48.8 205 91 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.16 17 200 12067 -58.1 -62.4 57 4.4 -58.2 208 101 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 13878 -56.4 -80.0 4 23.6 -56.7 247 56 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16402 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 260 27 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.73 m Freezing level: 657.46 mb = 3586.69 m = 11767.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.96 mb = 2986.66 m = 9798.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.40 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.92 mb = 494.54 m = 1622.48 ft T: 14.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 10.46 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1876.70 m = 6157.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 28.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6017.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.36 mb = 1012.31 m = 3321.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.1 neg: -8.6 tot: 355.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 174.11 m/s