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: 37.42,-95.4 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 977 282 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.1 139 8 293.9 296.2 292.1 331.4 13.13 2 950 522 17.7 16.7 94 1.0 17.1 164 15 295.2 297.5 292.2 331.7 12.72 3 900 984 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 194 21 297.1 299.2 292.1 331.4 11.84 4 850 1467 12.6 12.5 100 0.1 12.6 205 20 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.9 10.78 5 800 1975 10.1 10.0 99 0.1 10.0 207 19 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.6 9.68 6 750 2511 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.2 211 20 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.1 8.50 7 700 3076 4.5 -3.8 55 8.3 0.5 224 21 307.5 308.3 288.8 320.3 4.11 8 650 3675 0.0 -14.6 32 14.6 -5.3 235 21 309.0 309.3 287.1 315.1 1.90 9 600 4310 -4.5 -20.4 28 15.9 -9.3 239 35 311.0 311.2 287.1 315.1 1.26 10 550 4989 -8.5 -27.9 19 19.4 -13.2 237 48 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.4 0.70 11 500 5721 -13.1 -34.5 15 21.4 -17.2 235 54 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.6 0.41 12 450 6515 -18.7 -38.0 17 19.3 -21.8 228 58 319.7 319.7 289.0 320.9 0.32 13 400 7380 -25.8 -40.8 23 15.0 -27.6 227 60 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.5 0.27 14 350 8331 -33.3 -46.7 25 13.3 -34.4 227 63 323.8 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.16 15 300 9396 -41.2 -52.2 29 11.0 -41.8 228 73 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 16 250 10612 -48.8 -60.0 26 11.2 -49.1 227 64 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.05 17 200 12056 -55.0 -68.7 17 13.7 -55.2 227 59 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13869 -60.1 -78.7 7 18.6 -60.3 247 52 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16363 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.8 268 39 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.64 m Freezing level: 649.97 mb = 3674.87 m = 12056.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.33 mb = 3130.19 m = 10269.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.16 mb = 421.79 m = 1383.81 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.57 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 920.94 m = 3021.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.72 C = 71.10 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 29.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.97 mb = 824.21 m = 2704.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.97 mb = 1251.29 m = 4105.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.97 mb = 10050.03 m = 32972.14 ft B at Equ Level: 697.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.97 mb = 12651.53 m = 41507.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.1 neg: -1.7 tot: 142.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 7.53 Bulk Shear: 92.77 m/s