MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-97.13 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 966 374 17.4 16.4 94 0.9 16.8 156 12 293.4 295.6 291.2 328.3 12.26 2 950 518 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 162 21 294.2 296.4 291.5 329.1 12.19 3 900 979 15.5 14.3 93 1.2 14.7 195 33 297.5 299.5 291.9 330.6 11.44 4 850 1464 14.2 10.7 79 3.5 12.0 218 41 301.0 302.8 291.5 329.3 9.56 5 800 1975 12.8 7.1 68 5.8 9.4 226 28 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.6 7.91 6 750 2517 11.3 -2.4 38 13.7 4.4 235 22 308.8 309.6 289.4 322.1 4.27 7 700 3088 6.3 -6.0 41 12.2 0.6 244 24 309.4 310.1 288.9 320.4 3.50 8 650 3689 0.5 -8.5 51 9.0 -3.3 244 29 309.5 310.1 288.5 319.3 3.10 9 600 4326 -3.2 -25.3 16 22.1 -9.3 239 35 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.2 0.82 10 550 5008 -7.7 -32.9 11 25.2 -13.2 227 38 314.9 315.0 287.6 316.5 0.44 11 500 5741 -13.2 -36.8 12 23.6 -17.4 225 43 316.9 317.0 288.1 318.1 0.33 12 450 6534 -18.9 -41.9 11 23.0 -22.1 227 48 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.21 13 400 7400 -24.8 -44.6 14 19.9 -27.1 224 54 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.18 14 350 8356 -32.6 -46.2 25 13.6 -33.8 218 56 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.17 15 300 9422 -41.2 -53.0 27 11.8 -41.8 217 56 327.2 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.09 16 250 10634 -50.6 -59.8 33 9.2 -50.8 216 55 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.0 0.05 17 200 12061 -57.6 -66.8 30 9.2 -57.8 224 55 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.6 0.02 18 150 13873 -59.2 -79.4 6 20.3 -59.4 256 48 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16369 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.9 269 30 404.6 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.02 m Freezing level: 643.44 mb = 3772.14 m = 12375.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.29 mb = 3177.47 m = 10424.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.36 mb = 488.17 m = 1601.58 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.43 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2207.99 m = 7243.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 25.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.91 mb = 999.14 m = 3277.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.91 mb = 3652.34 m = 11982.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.91 mb = 10050.63 m = 32974.11 ft B at Equ Level: 346.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.91 mb = 12288.49 m = 40316.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.0 neg: -40.8 tot: 312.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 91.16 m/s