MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36,-95.63 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 988 192 19.8 18.7 93 1.1 19.0 170 12 294.0 296.4 292.6 333.4 13.84 2 950 526 18.1 17.4 96 0.7 17.6 185 25 295.5 297.9 292.7 333.6 13.27 3 900 989 16.4 15.3 93 1.1 15.7 209 33 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.9 12.20 4 850 1474 13.4 12.8 97 0.5 13.0 221 32 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.5 11.03 5 800 1983 10.5 8.8 89 1.7 9.5 223 31 302.4 304.0 291.4 328.8 8.91 6 750 2520 8.6 1.9 63 6.7 5.0 233 32 306.0 307.1 289.9 323.9 5.88 7 700 3087 5.3 -10.4 31 15.8 -1.2 244 32 308.4 308.8 287.5 316.2 2.47 8 650 3688 1.2 -11.2 39 12.4 -3.8 244 42 310.3 310.8 288.2 318.3 2.49 9 600 4326 -3.5 -8.3 69 4.9 -5.5 241 55 312.1 312.7 289.6 322.9 3.39 10 550 5008 -7.7 -18.9 40 11.2 -11.2 236 56 315.0 315.3 288.8 320.2 1.56 11 500 5744 -11.9 -32.8 16 20.9 -16.2 234 54 318.6 318.7 288.8 320.3 0.49 12 450 6542 -17.2 -39.6 12 22.4 -20.7 235 52 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.27 13 400 7413 -23.7 -38.8 24 15.1 -25.8 237 48 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.5 0.33 14 350 8373 -31.2 -36.6 59 5.4 -31.9 230 52 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.5 0.47 15 300 9445 -40.5 -40.7 97 0.3 -40.5 227 60 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.7 0.36 16 250 10663 -48.7 -58.5 31 9.8 -49.1 240 81 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 17 200 12103 -56.1 -68.3 20 12.2 -56.3 238 66 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 13905 -61.7 -78.7 9 17.0 -61.8 242 55 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16391 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.1 240 37 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.19 m Freezing level: 637.17 mb = 3851.49 m = 12635.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.70 mb = 2974.03 m = 9757.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.02 mb = 328.80 m = 1078.72 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.68 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1040.81 m = 3414.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 22.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.23 mb = 761.51 m = 2498.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.23 mb = 1481.94 m = 4861.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.23 mb = 2418.07 m = 7933.20 ft B at Equ Level: 27.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.23 mb = 13149.37 m = 43140.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 273.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.13 Bulk Shear: 126.98 m/s