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: 37.42,-95.79 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 970 290 22.9 18.9 78 4.0 20.2 190 16 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.3 14.34 2 950 473 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 18.9 193 26 298.6 301.1 294.0 338.6 13.76 3 900 940 17.4 16.4 94 1.0 16.7 201 33 299.4 301.8 293.8 337.8 13.14 4 850 1427 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 211 38 301.4 303.7 293.6 337.2 12.16 5 800 1938 12.0 9.3 83 2.8 10.3 213 40 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.21 6 750 2478 10.2 1.1 53 9.1 5.3 210 44 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.6 5.52 7 700 3047 5.5 -1.7 60 7.2 1.9 208 46 308.6 309.5 289.8 323.5 4.82 8 650 3648 0.6 -6.6 59 7.2 -2.6 206 45 309.6 310.3 289.0 320.9 3.59 9 600 4284 -4.7 -13.8 49 9.1 -8.0 203 44 310.7 311.1 288.0 317.8 2.19 10 550 4963 -8.8 -23.3 30 14.5 -12.8 204 49 313.7 313.9 287.9 317.3 1.07 11 500 5694 -14.2 -20.9 57 6.7 -16.1 213 49 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.6 1.45 12 450 6484 -20.1 -21.5 89 1.4 -20.4 213 52 318.0 318.3 289.7 323.1 1.53 13 400 7345 -26.5 -42.2 21 15.7 -28.3 221 59 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.4 0.23 14 350 8295 -34.0 -42.8 41 8.7 -34.8 218 65 322.8 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.25 15 300 9356 -41.9 -49.3 44 7.4 -42.3 208 75 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.14 16 250 10570 -48.2 -62.4 18 14.1 -48.6 220 71 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.03 17 200 12033 -50.3 -71.2 7 20.9 -50.8 239 84 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13896 -54.3 -80.5 3 26.2 -54.7 228 56 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16425 -63.4 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.6 243 40 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.46 m Freezing level: 644.32 mb = 3720.03 m = 12204.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.00 mb = 3293.95 m = 10806.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.42 mb = 793.06 m = 2601.86 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 23.05 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.45 mb = 1117.16 m = 3665.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -6.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -6.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.80 C Cross Totals Index: 28.53 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 491.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1835.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.53 mb = 1001.03 m = 3284.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.53 mb = 1341.66 m = 4401.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 768.53 mb = 2273.75 m = 7459.73 ft B at Equ Level: 13.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.53 mb = 13957.41 m = 45791.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 152.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 39.28 Bulk Shear: 46.73 m/s