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: 36.15,-95.86 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -95.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 979 219 26.5 19.3 65 7.1 21.4 196 20 301.4 304.1 295.3 344.3 14.56 2 950 481 23.4 18.1 72 5.3 19.7 199 31 300.9 303.4 294.7 341.6 13.87 3 900 951 19.0 16.9 88 2.1 17.6 203 35 301.1 303.6 294.6 341.0 13.59 4 850 1440 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 208 37 302.2 304.5 294.3 339.8 12.74 5 800 1953 13.2 10.5 84 2.7 11.5 215 44 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.3 10.04 6 750 2494 10.3 4.9 69 5.4 7.2 216 48 307.7 309.1 291.7 329.8 7.24 7 700 3064 5.7 0.6 70 5.0 3.0 215 48 308.8 309.8 290.7 326.4 5.72 8 650 3666 0.9 -5.5 62 6.4 -2.0 214 47 310.0 310.8 289.5 322.3 3.91 9 600 4303 -3.5 -14.1 44 10.6 -7.4 214 46 312.0 312.4 288.4 319.0 2.14 10 550 4985 -7.7 -18.7 41 11.0 -11.2 218 48 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.2 1.59 11 500 5720 -12.9 -16.2 77 3.2 -14.0 222 52 317.3 317.7 290.1 324.5 2.17 12 450 6514 -18.6 -28.2 43 9.5 -20.7 225 56 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.84 13 400 7381 -25.1 -37.0 32 11.9 -26.8 228 64 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.9 0.40 14 350 8336 -32.4 -40.3 46 7.8 -33.3 221 69 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.33 15 300 9404 -40.2 -53.9 22 13.7 -40.9 219 69 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.08 16 250 10632 -45.6 -59.7 19 14.2 -46.1 228 66 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.05 17 200 12095 -52.2 -67.6 14 15.4 -52.5 244 84 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13939 -56.7 -79.8 4 23.1 -57.0 235 44 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16443 -64.9 -83.5 6 18.6 -65.1 243 36 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.89 m Freezing level: 639.62 mb = 3797.98 m = 12460.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.15 mb = 3417.87 m = 11213.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.34 mb = 1120.37 m = 3675.71 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 25.33 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1272.50 m = 4174.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 27.93 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 504.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1920.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.65 mb = 1185.52 m = 3889.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.65 mb = 1333.42 m = 4374.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.65 mb = 11160.22 m = 36614.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1906.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.65 mb = 14792.39 m = 48530.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 44.5 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.7 neg: -3.3 tot: 188.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 41.89 Bulk Shear: 45.84 m/s