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: 36.74,-95.08 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 976 250 25.6 18.1 64 7.4 20.4 184 20 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.6 13.55 2 950 485 22.3 16.9 71 5.4 18.6 185 31 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.3 12.81 3 900 953 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.5 188 34 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.2 12.69 4 850 1441 16.1 13.0 82 3.1 14.1 198 40 303.0 305.1 293.3 336.1 11.13 5 800 1956 14.0 9.8 76 4.3 11.4 209 43 306.1 307.9 293.0 334.9 9.54 6 750 2498 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.3 213 43 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.2 8.59 7 700 3067 5.2 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 213 42 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.2 7.50 8 650 3668 0.7 -2.4 80 3.1 -0.8 213 41 309.8 310.7 290.3 325.1 4.93 9 600 4306 -4.0 -10.9 59 6.9 -6.7 212 39 311.5 312.0 288.9 320.4 2.77 10 550 4986 -8.5 -17.1 50 8.6 -11.3 215 44 314.0 314.3 288.7 320.0 1.81 11 500 5719 -12.9 -20.6 53 7.7 -15.2 221 49 317.3 317.5 289.5 322.3 1.48 12 450 6514 -18.8 -20.2 89 1.4 -19.2 224 53 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.71 13 400 7379 -25.3 -37.4 32 12.0 -27.1 227 60 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.38 14 350 8334 -32.6 -39.6 50 7.0 -33.3 223 68 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.35 15 300 9402 -40.5 -45.5 58 5.0 -40.9 214 74 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 16 250 10624 -46.9 -58.5 25 11.6 -47.3 222 79 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12082 -53.1 -67.0 17 13.9 -53.4 236 86 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 13918 -57.3 -79.7 4 22.4 -57.5 242 52 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16434 -63.5 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.7 247 36 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.48 m Freezing level: 642.33 mb = 3766.21 m = 12356.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.19 mb = 3579.18 m = 11742.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.67 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.82 mb = 1185.51 m = 3889.41 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 20.59 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 1923.16 m = 6309.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.07 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 41.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 479.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1419.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.06 mb = 1232.02 m = 4042.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.06 mb = 2541.27 m = 8337.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.06 mb = 10727.89 m = 35196.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1415.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.06 mb = 14082.91 m = 46203.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: -4.8 tot: 225.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 27.45 Bulk Shear: 51.70 m/s