MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.04,-95.83 Latitude: 36.04 Longitude: -95.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 980 212 26.7 19.4 64 7.3 21.5 193 20 301.6 304.3 295.4 344.6 14.60 2 950 483 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.8 198 31 301.0 303.6 294.8 341.9 13.94 3 900 952 19.1 17.0 88 2.1 17.7 202 34 301.2 303.7 294.7 341.5 13.70 4 850 1442 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 207 36 302.2 304.5 294.3 340.0 12.80 5 800 1955 13.3 10.5 83 2.8 11.5 216 43 305.3 307.1 293.2 335.3 10.00 6 750 2496 10.3 5.0 69 5.4 7.2 217 48 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.1 7.30 7 700 3066 5.7 0.9 71 4.8 3.1 217 48 308.8 309.9 290.8 326.8 5.84 8 650 3668 0.9 -5.1 64 6.0 -1.9 216 47 310.0 310.7 289.6 322.6 4.03 9 600 4305 -3.5 -13.7 45 10.2 -7.3 216 46 312.1 312.5 288.5 319.2 2.21 10 550 4988 -7.5 -19.2 39 11.7 -11.2 220 48 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.2 1.52 11 500 5722 -12.8 -16.4 74 3.6 -14.0 224 52 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.5 2.12 12 450 6517 -18.5 -29.4 37 11.0 -20.7 226 56 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.6 0.74 13 400 7385 -24.9 -38.4 27 13.5 -26.8 229 64 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.9 0.35 14 350 8340 -32.3 -41.3 40 9.0 -33.2 220 69 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.4 0.29 15 300 9409 -40.0 -56.1 16 16.1 -40.8 220 68 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.06 16 250 10640 -45.3 -60.9 16 15.6 -45.8 227 64 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12103 -52.5 -67.5 15 15.0 -52.8 243 82 349.6 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13944 -57.1 -79.5 4 22.4 -57.3 238 43 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16445 -64.9 -83.5 6 18.6 -65.1 244 36 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.62 m Freezing level: 639.90 mb = 3796.49 m = 12455.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.63 mb = 3438.42 m = 11280.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.70 mb = 1137.91 m = 3733.24 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1264.54 m = 4148.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.92 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 27.86 C K Index: 38.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 504.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1933.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.70 mb = 1186.65 m = 3893.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.70 mb = 1334.59 m = 4378.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.70 mb = 11166.42 m = 36634.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1922.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.70 mb = 14793.36 m = 48534.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 200.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.28 Bulk Rich Number: 38.47 Bulk Shear: 50.26 m/s