MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.88,-94.53 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -94.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 970 320 24.4 19.1 72 5.3 20.7 209 13 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.6 14.49 2 950 499 22.7 17.7 73 5.0 19.3 210 22 300.3 302.7 294.3 339.9 13.54 3 900 968 18.6 16.5 87 2.1 17.1 215 27 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.4 13.19 4 850 1456 14.9 14.7 98 0.2 14.8 222 32 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.6 12.47 5 800 1968 12.1 10.6 91 1.5 11.2 234 36 304.1 305.9 292.9 334.2 10.10 6 750 2509 10.9 -2.2 40 13.1 4.2 245 37 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.9 4.34 7 700 3079 6.3 -6.5 39 12.8 0.5 241 37 309.5 310.1 288.8 320.1 3.37 8 650 3681 1.5 -11.1 38 12.6 -3.6 239 36 310.7 311.2 288.3 318.8 2.52 9 600 4320 -2.7 -15.8 36 13.1 -7.4 243 41 313.0 313.3 288.5 319.1 1.86 10 550 5004 -7.3 -14.1 58 6.9 -9.8 244 44 315.4 315.9 289.7 323.1 2.33 11 500 5740 -12.3 -20.8 49 8.6 -14.7 249 46 318.1 318.4 289.7 323.0 1.45 12 450 6535 -18.9 -24.3 62 5.4 -20.3 260 49 319.4 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.19 13 400 7400 -25.6 -33.6 48 7.9 -26.9 263 56 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.56 14 350 8353 -33.1 -33.6 95 0.5 -33.1 260 60 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.4 0.64 15 300 9417 -41.5 -41.5 100 -0.0 -41.5 257 63 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.34 16 250 10627 -50.9 -56.1 54 5.2 -51.1 266 60 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 17 200 12055 -56.1 -67.2 24 11.1 -56.3 273 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13877 -58.9 -78.6 6 19.7 -59.1 275 31 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.01 19 100 16402 -63.2 -83.8 5 20.6 -63.4 287 44 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.90 m Freezing level: 631.82 mb = 3913.44 m = 12839.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.96 mb = 3149.49 m = 10332.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.15 mb = 994.64 m = 3263.20 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 23.83 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.94 mb = 1307.15 m = 4288.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.95 C K Index: 29.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1936.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.02 mb = 1198.38 m = 3931.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.02 mb = 1445.86 m = 4743.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.02 mb = 2386.56 m = 7829.82 ft B at Equ Level: 15.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.02 mb = 15213.61 m = 49912.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.7 neg: -9.6 tot: 199.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 31.50 Bulk Shear: 61.47 m/s