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,-99.02 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 501 SFC 941 582 15.8 14.9 95 0.8 15.3 163 7 294.0 296.0 290.7 326.6 11.43 3 900 962 15.0 13.3 89 1.7 13.9 204 16 296.9 298.9 291.1 327.9 10.70 4 850 1447 16.2 3.6 43 12.6 9.2 215 18 303.1 304.2 289.0 320.8 5.85 5 800 1960 14.0 -6.3 24 20.3 4.6 214 19 306.1 306.7 287.2 315.5 2.98 6 750 2499 9.1 -7.4 30 16.5 1.7 221 19 306.5 307.0 287.3 315.6 2.91 7 700 3065 4.2 -9.0 38 13.2 -1.4 225 25 307.1 307.6 287.3 315.8 2.76 8 650 3662 -0.5 -13.3 37 12.8 -5.3 223 38 308.4 308.8 287.1 315.2 2.11 9 600 4296 -5.3 -16.5 41 11.2 -9.0 223 45 310.0 310.3 287.3 315.7 1.75 10 550 4973 -9.8 -21.2 39 11.3 -13.0 226 47 312.4 312.7 287.6 316.7 1.28 11 500 5701 -15.0 -23.6 48 8.6 -17.1 225 50 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.7 1.14 12 450 6490 -20.6 -27.6 54 6.9 -22.1 222 49 317.3 317.5 288.8 320.4 0.88 13 400 7348 -27.9 -31.1 74 3.2 -28.4 223 51 318.7 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.71 14 350 8291 -36.2 -37.7 86 1.5 -36.4 227 55 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.5 0.42 15 300 9346 -41.9 -53.2 28 11.3 -42.5 228 58 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.6 0.09 16 250 10566 -47.1 -65.1 11 18.0 -47.6 225 55 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.2 0.02 17 200 12021 -53.2 -70.2 11 17.0 -53.5 225 48 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13864 -57.7 -80.0 4 22.2 -58.0 252 41 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16368 -63.9 -83.9 5 19.9 -64.1 260 31 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.83 m Freezing level: 655.19 mb = 3600.41 m = 11812.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.32 mb = 2807.65 m = 9211.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.95 mb = 682.91 m = 2240.50 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 12.47 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.79 mb = 2633.84 m = 8641.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.61 C K Index: 21.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 313.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.47 mb = 1674.32 m = 5493.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.47 mb = 3878.89 m = 12725.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.47 mb = 9066.86 m = 29746.54 ft B at Equ Level: 309.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 242.47 mb = 10765.41 m = 35319.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: -1.5 tot: 123.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 72.97 m/s