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: 37.22,-96.03 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 971 283 23.3 18.7 75 4.6 20.1 195 17 299.0 301.5 294.3 340.1 14.11 2 950 472 21.7 17.6 77 4.1 18.9 199 27 299.2 301.7 293.9 338.4 13.44 3 900 939 17.9 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 207 33 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.56 4 850 1426 14.5 13.6 94 0.9 13.9 214 36 301.3 303.5 293.2 335.4 11.57 5 800 1938 11.9 8.4 80 3.4 9.8 213 38 303.8 305.4 291.7 329.8 8.71 6 750 2476 10.0 -1.7 44 11.6 4.1 211 42 307.4 308.2 289.2 321.4 4.52 7 700 3045 5.7 -4.7 47 10.4 0.8 208 45 308.8 309.5 289.0 320.9 3.85 8 650 3646 0.7 -7.5 54 8.2 -2.9 205 46 309.8 310.4 288.8 320.3 3.35 9 600 4283 -4.4 -14.0 47 9.7 -7.8 201 46 311.1 311.5 288.1 318.1 2.15 10 550 4962 -9.1 -19.0 44 9.9 -12.1 204 48 313.3 313.6 288.2 318.5 1.55 11 500 5692 -14.4 -18.1 73 3.7 -15.5 213 50 315.5 315.9 289.2 321.6 1.84 12 450 6482 -20.2 -22.5 81 2.4 -20.8 215 54 317.9 318.2 289.5 322.6 1.39 13 400 7343 -26.6 -37.5 35 10.9 -28.0 222 59 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.38 14 350 8293 -34.1 -40.3 54 6.2 -34.7 220 66 322.8 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.33 15 300 9354 -41.8 -47.7 52 5.9 -42.1 210 77 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.17 16 250 10570 -47.6 -59.0 26 11.4 -48.0 221 73 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12034 -50.1 -71.7 6 21.6 -50.6 241 86 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13899 -54.2 -80.7 2 26.5 -54.6 228 54 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16426 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.9 242 38 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.96 m Freezing level: 643.09 mb = 3734.20 m = 12251.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.24 mb = 3170.92 m = 10403.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.79 mb = 864.66 m = 2836.78 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.00 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1276.91 m = 4189.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -5.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 27.94 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1701.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.33 mb = 1127.56 m = 3699.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.33 mb = 1472.92 m = 4832.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 765.33 mb = 2307.52 m = 7570.51 ft B at Equ Level: 10.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.33 mb = 14096.69 m = 46248.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 124.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.27 Bulk Rich Number: 42.81 Bulk Shear: 39.74 m/s