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: 36.54,-96.42 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 976 277 23.3 18.0 72 5.3 19.6 173 15 298.5 300.9 293.7 337.4 13.39 2 950 510 20.3 17.1 82 3.2 18.1 179 22 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.5 13.00 3 900 975 16.5 15.6 95 0.9 15.9 193 21 298.5 300.8 293.0 334.9 12.51 4 850 1461 14.4 11.3 82 3.1 12.5 226 21 301.3 303.1 291.9 330.7 9.97 5 800 1971 11.3 6.4 72 4.9 8.5 234 23 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.8 7.55 6 750 2508 8.6 -2.9 44 11.5 3.0 232 23 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.6 4.11 7 700 3075 5.1 -11.8 28 16.9 -1.7 238 32 308.1 308.5 287.2 315.2 2.22 8 650 3675 1.1 -17.0 24 18.2 -5.2 232 38 310.3 310.5 287.2 315.3 1.55 9 600 4313 -3.1 -23.8 19 20.7 -9.1 227 45 312.5 312.7 287.3 315.7 0.93 10 550 4995 -7.8 -28.8 17 21.0 -12.9 228 49 314.8 314.9 287.8 317.1 0.65 11 500 5728 -13.0 -32.9 17 19.9 -17.0 231 51 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.9 0.48 12 450 6521 -19.1 -37.0 19 17.9 -22.0 231 54 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.36 13 400 7385 -26.0 -40.0 26 13.9 -27.8 234 56 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.2 0.30 14 350 8336 -33.7 -46.0 28 12.2 -34.7 238 62 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.0 0.18 15 300 9398 -41.8 -49.6 42 7.9 -42.2 237 72 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 16 250 10613 -48.8 -62.1 20 13.3 -49.2 240 76 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.6 0.04 17 200 12058 -53.5 -70.1 12 16.5 -53.8 238 65 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13892 -58.9 -79.7 5 20.9 -59.1 252 45 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16379 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.1 255 37 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.98 m Freezing level: 636.60 mb = 3845.62 m = 12616.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.03 mb = 2865.89 m = 9402.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.15 mb = 945.17 m = 3100.92 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 22.22 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1260.28 m = 4134.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.36 C K Index: 21.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1213.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.60 mb = 1045.37 m = 3429.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.60 mb = 1891.75 m = 6206.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.60 mb = 10942.38 m = 35899.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1196.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.60 mb = 13576.82 m = 44542.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.0 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 257.0 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.1 neg: -0.0 tot: 109.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 13.66 Bulk Shear: 88.85 m/s