MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 38.51,-98.05 Latitude: 38.51 Longitude: -98.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 951 502 20.4 15.8 75 4.7 17.3 119 9 297.8 300.0 292.3 332.4 11.91 2 950 514 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.8 121 10 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.8 11.57 3 900 977 15.3 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 128 13 297.2 299.3 291.6 329.7 11.21 4 850 1459 11.7 11.0 96 0.7 11.3 130 12 298.4 300.2 290.9 326.9 9.77 5 800 1965 10.7 1.7 53 9.1 5.9 171 9 302.6 303.6 288.3 318.9 5.40 6 750 2501 8.0 -5.9 37 13.9 1.7 192 18 305.3 305.9 287.2 315.4 3.27 7 700 3065 3.1 -7.7 45 10.8 -1.5 182 19 305.9 306.5 287.2 315.5 3.06 8 650 3660 -1.5 -13.1 41 11.6 -5.8 178 17 307.2 307.6 286.8 314.1 2.14 9 600 4292 -6.2 -14.6 51 8.4 -9.1 188 18 309.0 309.4 287.3 315.6 2.05 10 550 4965 -11.8 -17.0 65 5.3 -13.4 189 21 310.1 310.5 287.5 316.1 1.83 11 500 5688 -16.6 -16.8 98 0.3 -16.7 192 25 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.5 2.04 12 450 6473 -21.3 -21.3 100 0.0 -21.2 196 31 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.7 1.55 13 400 7330 -28.0 -28.1 100 0.0 -28.0 201 38 318.5 318.7 289.3 321.8 0.95 14 350 8273 -36.1 -36.3 98 0.2 -36.1 201 37 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.49 15 300 9323 -43.9 -45.7 82 1.9 -44.0 211 34 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 16 250 10536 -48.0 -65.5 11 17.6 -48.4 229 23 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.02 17 200 11998 -50.6 -73.9 5 23.2 -51.1 245 38 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13849 -57.0 -80.3 4 23.3 -57.3 262 32 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16362 -62.8 -84.2 4 21.4 -63.0 252 35 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.38 m Freezing level: 666.48 mb = 3463.67 m = 11363.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.76 mb = 2791.94 m = 9159.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.93 mb = 1090.52 m = 3577.76 ft T: 14.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.51 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.95 mb = 1272.89 m = 4176.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.61 C = 69.09 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 27.63 C K Index: 28.55 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1032.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.64 mb = 1217.79 m = 3995.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.64 mb = 1363.78 m = 4474.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.64 mb = 1661.52 m = 5451.12 ft B at Equ Level: 4.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.64 mb = 1969.22 m = 6460.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.5 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 211.5 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -11.6 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 32.69 Bulk Shear: 31.59 m/s