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: 37.69,-96.26 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 965 375 20.2 17.2 83 3.0 18.2 126 10 296.4 298.7 292.7 333.5 12.88 2 950 511 19.0 16.2 84 2.8 17.2 135 14 296.5 298.7 292.3 332.0 12.31 3 900 974 16.1 14.0 87 2.1 14.7 177 13 298.1 300.1 291.9 330.7 11.21 4 850 1458 12.7 11.5 92 1.2 12.0 197 16 299.4 301.3 291.4 329.0 10.07 5 800 1965 10.2 8.6 89 1.7 9.2 204 18 302.1 303.7 291.2 328.1 8.77 6 750 2502 9.4 -7.6 29 17.1 1.8 206 20 306.8 307.4 287.3 315.9 2.87 7 700 3069 4.6 -11.0 31 15.6 -1.7 214 18 307.6 308.0 287.1 315.1 2.36 8 650 3667 -0.5 -13.0 38 12.5 -5.1 226 24 308.5 308.9 287.2 315.4 2.17 9 600 4301 -4.9 -16.5 40 11.6 -8.8 225 34 310.5 310.8 287.5 316.2 1.75 10 550 4979 -9.1 -23.2 31 14.1 -13.0 222 44 313.2 313.5 287.7 316.9 1.07 11 500 5709 -14.1 -29.0 27 14.8 -17.4 223 50 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.2 0.70 12 450 6499 -20.2 -29.5 43 9.3 -22.0 226 51 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.74 13 400 7360 -27.0 -31.3 67 4.3 -27.8 228 52 319.8 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.70 14 350 8307 -34.9 -40.2 58 5.3 -35.4 230 55 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.33 15 300 9363 -42.8 -52.6 33 9.8 -43.3 232 65 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.10 16 250 10576 -48.0 -63.8 15 15.7 -48.4 236 59 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.8 0.03 17 200 12031 -52.9 -70.7 10 17.8 -53.2 237 50 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13863 -58.4 -79.9 5 21.5 -58.6 248 38 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16360 -64.5 -83.9 5 19.3 -64.7 260 38 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.67 m Freezing level: 654.48 mb = 3613.09 m = 11853.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.31 mb = 2788.41 m = 9148.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.75 % Est. max temperature: 25.07 C = 77.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.83 mb = 759.26 m = 2491.00 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 18.41 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1296.20 m = 4252.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.82 C = 73.08 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.64 C K Index: 22.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.93 mb = 1126.59 m = 3696.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.93 mb = 3081.33 m = 10109.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.93 mb = 10090.46 m = 33104.80 ft B at Equ Level: 904.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.93 mb = 12739.89 m = 41797.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.4 neg: -4.4 tot: 105.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 9.17 Bulk Shear: 99.04 m/s