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: 36.27,-95.55 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -95.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 981 209 26.6 19.2 64 7.3 21.4 184 21 301.4 304.1 295.3 343.9 14.44 2 950 485 22.9 18.0 74 4.9 19.5 188 32 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.7 13.75 3 900 954 18.5 16.9 90 1.6 17.4 192 34 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.5 13.59 4 850 1443 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 197 34 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.0 12.57 5 800 1955 13.1 10.8 86 2.3 11.7 212 41 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.9 10.25 6 750 2497 10.0 5.9 76 4.1 7.6 216 46 307.5 308.9 292.0 331.2 7.81 7 700 3066 5.5 2.6 81 2.9 3.9 216 47 308.5 309.8 291.3 328.7 6.58 8 650 3667 0.5 -2.7 79 3.2 -1.0 217 46 309.5 310.5 290.2 324.6 4.83 9 600 4304 -4.1 -11.3 57 7.2 -6.9 219 44 311.4 311.9 288.8 320.0 2.69 10 550 4986 -7.7 -20.9 34 13.2 -11.6 220 48 314.9 315.2 288.5 319.4 1.31 11 500 5720 -12.7 -16.4 74 3.7 -13.9 224 53 317.6 318.0 290.2 324.6 2.12 12 450 6515 -18.5 -27.1 47 8.6 -20.4 225 56 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.2 0.93 13 400 7383 -24.7 -38.4 27 13.8 -26.6 228 67 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.2 0.35 14 350 8339 -32.3 -39.7 48 7.4 -33.1 220 68 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.35 15 300 9408 -39.9 -55.1 18 15.2 -40.6 214 69 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.07 16 250 10639 -45.2 -60.5 16 15.3 -45.7 221 62 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12100 -53.3 -65.8 20 12.5 -53.5 238 78 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 13935 -57.6 -79.4 5 21.8 -57.8 243 48 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16440 -64.1 -83.6 5 19.5 -64.3 245 39 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.28 m Freezing level: 644.41 mb = 3738.65 m = 12265.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.58 mb = 3536.59 m = 11602.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.08 mb = 1135.79 m = 3726.29 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 24.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.68 mb = 1227.48 m = 4027.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 27.51 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 506.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1792.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.20 mb = 1144.35 m = 3754.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.20 mb = 1390.69 m = 4562.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.20 mb = 11038.38 m = 36214.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1782.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.20 mb = 14576.88 m = 47823.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.2 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 244.2 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 27.71 Bulk Shear: 64.70 m/s