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: 39.24,-95.08 Latitude: 39.24 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 971 290 22.7 13.7 57 9.0 16.9 236 11 298.4 300.2 291.2 328.1 10.20 2 950 476 20.9 12.1 57 8.8 15.4 237 19 298.4 300.1 290.5 325.8 9.37 3 900 940 16.5 11.0 70 5.5 13.1 237 22 298.5 300.1 290.3 325.3 9.18 4 850 1424 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.7 236 24 298.6 300.2 290.3 325.1 9.05 5 800 1928 8.1 7.0 92 1.1 7.5 239 26 299.8 301.3 289.7 323.0 7.87 6 750 2461 7.8 -2.9 47 10.7 2.7 244 33 305.1 305.8 288.0 317.8 4.12 7 700 3027 4.5 -7.0 43 11.5 -0.6 243 40 307.5 308.1 288.0 317.6 3.23 8 650 3626 -0.1 -11.1 43 11.0 -4.4 244 43 308.9 309.4 287.8 316.9 2.52 9 600 4260 -4.8 -17.9 35 13.1 -9.1 242 47 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.6 1.56 10 550 4938 -9.8 -29.4 18 19.7 -14.2 243 49 312.5 312.6 286.9 314.6 0.61 11 500 5665 -15.5 -23.0 52 7.5 -17.4 237 57 314.2 314.4 288.2 318.2 1.20 12 450 6451 -22.0 -27.2 62 5.3 -23.0 231 61 315.6 315.8 288.3 318.8 0.91 13 400 7306 -28.1 -41.9 25 13.8 -29.6 244 69 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.24 14 350 8248 -35.8 -43.1 47 7.2 -36.5 249 78 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.3 0.24 15 300 9301 -43.2 -54.8 27 11.6 -43.7 250 75 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.8 0.07 16 250 10513 -49.0 -63.5 17 14.5 -49.3 249 59 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 17 200 11957 -54.1 -71.0 11 16.9 -54.4 262 61 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13790 -57.0 -79.2 4 22.2 -57.3 254 48 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16362 -59.5 -84.1 3 24.6 -59.8 281 36 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.44 m Freezing level: 650.59 mb = 3618.51 m = 11871.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.78 mb = 2924.87 m = 9595.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.60 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.11 mb = 1422.58 m = 4667.20 ft T: 11.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 13.50 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.05 mb = 1691.94 m = 5550.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.56 C = 74.42 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 25.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.68 mb = 1595.07 m = 5233.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.68 mb = 1848.81 m = 6065.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 787.68 mb = 2056.53 m = 6747.05 ft B at Equ Level: 0.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 777.68 mb = 2162.06 m = 7093.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 6.22 Bulk Shear: 62.62 m/s