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: 37.08,-94.53 Latitude: 37.08 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 51 SFC 970 312 25.0 18.7 68 6.3 20.6 214 14 300.8 303.4 294.8 342.3 14.14 2 950 497 23.1 17.3 70 5.8 19.1 215 22 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.2 13.15 3 900 966 18.5 16.1 86 2.5 16.9 217 27 300.6 303.0 293.9 338.4 12.88 4 850 1454 14.7 14.3 98 0.4 14.4 222 32 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.4 12.15 5 800 1966 12.0 8.8 81 3.2 10.1 236 36 304.0 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.95 6 750 2506 10.9 -4.5 34 15.4 3.5 245 38 308.4 309.1 288.7 319.9 3.66 7 700 3076 6.3 -7.2 37 13.5 0.2 241 37 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.5 3.17 8 650 3678 1.4 -10.8 39 12.3 -3.6 238 37 310.6 311.1 288.3 318.8 2.57 9 600 4317 -2.9 -15.8 36 12.9 -7.4 241 41 312.8 313.1 288.4 318.9 1.87 10 550 5000 -7.5 -14.2 59 6.6 -9.9 242 44 315.2 315.6 289.6 322.8 2.32 11 500 5735 -12.5 -20.9 49 8.5 -14.9 249 48 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.7 1.44 12 450 6529 -19.3 -24.8 61 5.6 -20.6 259 49 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.9 1.13 13 400 7394 -25.8 -33.3 50 7.4 -27.0 262 58 321.4 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.58 14 350 8346 -33.3 -33.8 96 0.5 -33.4 259 61 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.1 0.63 15 300 9409 -41.7 -41.6 100 -0.0 -41.6 256 65 326.7 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.33 16 250 10619 -51.0 -57.9 44 6.9 -51.2 264 60 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.5 0.06 17 200 12047 -56.0 -67.9 21 12.0 -56.2 271 62 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13870 -58.7 -78.6 6 19.9 -58.9 270 31 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16399 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 285 44 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.58 m Freezing level: 633.37 mb = 3890.39 m = 12763.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.39 mb = 3106.38 m = 10191.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.84 mb = 1111.07 m = 3645.19 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 23.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1341.04 m = 4399.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.79 C K Index: 27.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1844.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.38 mb = 1261.58 m = 4138.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.38 mb = 1410.23 m = 4626.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.38 mb = 2238.05 m = 7342.61 ft B at Equ Level: 10.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.38 mb = 15037.87 m = 49336.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.9 neg: -13.7 tot: 173.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 34.24 Bulk Shear: 53.87 m/s