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: 36.27,-96.74 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 974 284 25.9 16.1 55 9.7 19.3 185 15 301.3 303.4 293.4 336.4 11.92 2 950 504 23.1 15.1 61 8.0 17.8 193 21 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.44 3 900 973 18.8 13.8 73 5.0 15.5 203 22 300.9 302.9 292.7 333.5 11.10 4 850 1461 15.3 10.4 72 4.9 12.3 221 23 302.2 303.9 291.7 330.0 9.37 5 800 1972 11.8 6.3 69 5.5 8.6 230 25 303.7 305.1 290.6 326.3 7.53 6 750 2509 7.8 1.4 64 6.4 4.4 230 26 305.1 306.1 289.5 322.3 5.67 7 700 3074 4.6 -9.0 36 13.7 -1.2 236 35 307.6 308.1 287.5 316.3 2.75 8 650 3674 1.5 -18.4 21 19.9 -5.3 232 42 310.7 310.9 287.2 315.2 1.38 9 600 4314 -2.6 -25.5 15 22.8 -8.9 229 46 313.1 313.3 287.3 315.9 0.80 10 550 4997 -7.4 -30.4 14 23.0 -12.8 230 49 315.3 315.4 287.9 317.3 0.56 11 500 5731 -12.7 -35.2 13 22.4 -17.0 233 50 317.5 317.6 288.4 318.9 0.38 12 450 6525 -18.8 -39.1 15 20.3 -21.9 234 51 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.29 13 400 7390 -25.9 -40.6 24 14.7 -27.7 237 53 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.28 14 350 8341 -33.7 -46.6 26 12.9 -34.7 240 60 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 15 300 9403 -41.7 -49.0 45 7.3 -42.1 239 73 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 16 250 10619 -48.6 -63.6 16 14.9 -49.0 241 78 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.03 17 200 12063 -53.8 -69.9 12 16.0 -54.1 240 67 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13895 -58.6 -79.8 5 21.2 -58.9 252 45 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16383 -65.1 -83.8 6 18.7 -65.3 252 36 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.57 m Freezing level: 631.69 mb = 3908.46 m = 12822.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.35 mb = 2954.07 m = 9691.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.97 mb = 1511.05 m = 4957.45 ft T: 15.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 21.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.64 mb = 1902.69 m = 6242.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 24.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.30 mb = 1588.05 m = 5210.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.30 mb = 2265.50 m = 7432.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.30 mb = 10557.76 m = 34637.89 ft B at Equ Level: 954.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.30 mb = 13393.17 m = 43940.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 13.49 Bulk Shear: 70.93 m/s