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: 37.65,-98.21 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 951 502 21.0 16.4 75 4.6 17.9 96 11 298.4 300.7 293.0 334.7 12.46 2 950 511 20.4 16.1 76 4.3 17.5 98 13 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.4 12.23 3 900 976 16.5 14.5 88 2.0 15.2 116 12 298.5 300.6 292.3 332.2 11.59 4 850 1461 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 155 9 299.8 301.7 291.7 330.2 10.36 5 800 1969 9.8 9.4 97 0.5 9.5 185 10 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.0 9.27 6 750 2505 9.9 -9.5 24 19.4 1.5 223 12 307.3 307.8 287.1 315.1 2.47 7 700 3073 5.5 -12.8 25 18.3 -1.7 224 12 308.5 308.9 287.1 315.1 2.04 8 650 3673 0.8 -16.4 26 17.2 -5.3 228 19 309.8 310.1 287.1 315.2 1.63 9 600 4310 -3.7 -26.9 15 23.2 -9.8 228 27 311.9 312.0 286.8 314.3 0.71 10 550 4990 -8.2 -33.3 11 25.0 -13.5 225 36 314.3 314.4 287.3 315.8 0.42 11 500 5722 -13.5 -34.2 16 20.7 -17.5 216 40 316.6 316.6 288.1 318.1 0.42 12 450 6514 -19.5 -32.2 32 12.7 -21.9 209 43 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.7 0.57 13 400 7376 -26.8 -34.5 48 7.7 -27.9 205 49 320.2 320.3 289.3 322.0 0.51 14 350 8324 -34.6 -44.5 36 9.9 -35.4 204 54 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.21 15 300 9384 -41.5 -55.8 20 14.2 -42.2 203 68 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.07 16 250 10602 -48.1 -62.3 18 14.2 -48.5 207 66 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 12051 -54.0 -68.5 15 14.5 -54.2 205 49 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 13882 -58.8 -79.6 5 20.8 -59.0 221 38 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16378 -64.2 -84.0 5 19.8 -64.4 258 32 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.40 m Freezing level: 641.28 mb = 3783.81 m = 12413.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.27 mb = 2769.45 m = 9086.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.17 mb = 1078.55 m = 3538.50 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.32 mb = 1387.93 m = 4553.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.19 C = 71.94 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 20.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.32 mb = 1270.11 m = 4166.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.32 mb = 1616.74 m = 5304.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.32 mb = 2133.13 m = 6998.37 ft B at Equ Level: 13.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.32 mb = 2567.41 m = 8423.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 7.48 Bulk Shear: 111.97 m/s