MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 36.00,-94.85 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 971 304 14.2 11.3 82 3.0 12.4 305 19 289.8 291.3 286.8 314.2 8.66 2 950 491 13.2 9.7 80 3.4 11.2 308 34 290.6 292.0 286.5 313.2 7.99 3 900 944 10.6 8.9 89 1.7 9.6 308 38 292.4 293.9 287.2 315.3 7.99 4 850 1421 9.8 9.4 97 0.4 9.6 291 27 296.4 298.0 289.3 321.8 8.74 5 800 1924 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.9 251 26 300.5 301.9 290.0 324.1 8.01 6 750 2458 7.3 0.6 63 6.6 3.8 233 41 304.5 305.5 289.0 320.7 5.34 7 700 3022 3.1 -3.8 60 6.9 -0.2 236 54 305.9 306.7 288.3 318.6 4.12 8 650 3618 -1.2 -6.9 65 5.7 -3.7 226 59 307.6 308.2 288.3 318.5 3.50 9 600 4251 -5.8 -9.1 78 3.3 -7.1 219 64 309.4 310.0 288.6 319.5 3.21 10 550 4927 -9.8 -18.8 48 9.0 -12.6 211 61 312.4 312.7 288.0 317.6 1.57 11 500 5656 -14.8 -31.0 24 16.2 -18.1 204 59 315.0 315.1 287.8 317.0 0.58 12 450 6444 -20.1 -42.0 12 22.0 -23.0 207 64 318.0 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.21 13 400 7308 -24.7 -42.7 17 18.1 -26.8 204 68 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.22 14 350 8270 -29.9 -60.0 4 30.1 -31.8 217 67 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.6 0.03 15 300 9357 -35.0 -52.2 16 17.1 -36.2 189 56 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 16 250 10605 -43.6 -57.0 21 13.4 -44.2 195 66 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12074 -51.8 -70.0 10 18.2 -52.2 238 70 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 13911 -57.3 -79.4 4 22.1 -57.5 238 54 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16436 -63.2 -83.9 4 20.7 -63.4 266 40 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.18 m Freezing level: 664.02 mb = 3450.71 m = 11321.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.96 mb = 2999.02 m = 9839.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.95 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.94 mb = 678.90 m = 2227.35 ft T: 12.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2597.50 m = 8521.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.85 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 27.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10030.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.37 mb = 1052.31 m = 3452.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 10.3 tot: 13.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 204.5 neg: -144.8 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 374.53 m/s