MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 37.42,-98.00 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 957 451 21.6 16.9 74 4.7 18.4 102 11 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.7 12.77 2 950 510 20.5 16.3 77 4.2 17.7 105 13 298.0 300.2 292.7 333.9 12.35 3 900 975 16.4 14.8 90 1.6 15.4 120 11 298.4 300.6 292.5 332.9 11.83 4 850 1460 13.1 12.3 95 0.8 12.6 164 8 299.8 301.8 292.0 331.0 10.64 5 800 1967 9.5 9.2 98 0.4 9.3 204 10 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.4 9.17 6 750 2504 10.3 -10.0 23 20.3 1.6 234 14 307.8 308.2 287.2 315.3 2.37 7 700 3073 5.7 -12.8 25 18.5 -1.6 239 14 308.8 309.2 287.2 315.4 2.04 8 650 3673 1.1 -14.1 31 15.2 -4.6 236 28 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.6 1.98 9 600 4311 -3.5 -26.0 16 22.5 -9.5 231 35 312.1 312.2 287.0 314.7 0.76 10 550 4992 -8.2 -33.1 11 25.0 -13.5 226 41 314.4 314.5 287.4 315.9 0.43 11 500 5724 -13.2 -32.4 18 19.2 -17.1 215 45 316.9 317.0 288.3 318.7 0.50 12 450 6517 -19.0 -30.5 36 11.5 -21.3 210 46 319.3 319.4 289.3 321.7 0.67 13 400 7381 -26.0 -37.9 32 11.9 -27.6 205 53 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.5 0.36 14 350 8332 -33.6 -47.4 24 13.8 -34.7 204 60 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.15 15 300 9397 -40.8 -57.3 15 16.5 -41.5 202 73 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.06 16 250 10616 -48.3 -63.5 16 15.2 -48.7 205 73 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.03 17 200 12064 -54.5 -68.0 17 13.6 -54.7 207 56 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 13890 -59.1 -79.5 6 20.3 -59.3 223 39 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16380 -64.0 -84.1 5 20.1 -64.1 261 33 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.64 m Freezing level: 638.10 mb = 3824.95 m = 12548.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.69 mb = 2786.94 m = 9143.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.54 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.25 mb = 1048.05 m = 3438.46 ft T: 15.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1308.85 m = 4294.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.47 C = 72.45 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 20.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.64 mb = 1207.41 m = 3961.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.64 mb = 1453.12 m = 4767.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 780.64 mb = 2171.04 m = 7122.76 ft B at Equ Level: 21.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 740.64 mb = 2607.48 m = 8554.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 63.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 6.07 Bulk Shear: 136.37 m/s