MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 37.29,-98.26 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -98.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 956 461 18.8 16.4 86 2.4 17.2 83 9 295.7 297.9 292.0 331.3 12.37 2 950 516 19.2 16.3 83 3.0 17.2 90 13 296.7 298.9 292.3 332.3 12.33 3 900 982 18.2 12.5 69 5.7 14.6 119 11 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.18 4 850 1469 15.0 9.5 69 5.5 11.6 157 8 301.8 303.5 291.1 327.9 8.78 5 800 1979 11.1 6.4 73 4.6 8.4 186 9 302.9 304.3 290.5 325.6 7.57 6 750 2515 7.4 0.8 63 6.6 3.9 205 9 304.6 305.6 289.0 321.0 5.40 7 700 3079 3.7 -7.6 43 11.3 -1.2 222 10 306.6 307.2 287.5 316.3 3.09 8 650 3676 -1.0 -12.7 41 11.7 -5.4 230 12 307.8 308.2 287.1 314.9 2.21 9 600 4309 -5.0 -21.0 27 16.0 -9.8 230 20 310.3 310.5 286.8 314.3 1.19 10 550 4988 -8.8 -28.9 18 20.1 -13.5 227 29 313.6 313.8 287.3 315.9 0.64 11 500 5718 -13.8 -32.8 19 18.9 -17.6 223 33 316.2 316.3 288.1 317.9 0.49 12 450 6509 -20.4 -32.1 34 11.7 -22.5 219 37 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.58 13 400 7368 -27.2 -40.7 27 13.5 -28.8 215 39 319.6 319.6 288.9 320.6 0.27 14 350 8319 -32.7 -51.0 14 18.3 -34.0 196 58 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.10 15 300 9388 -39.6 -53.8 21 14.3 -40.3 185 67 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.08 16 250 10612 -47.9 -60.5 22 12.6 -48.3 183 66 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12055 -55.8 -67.7 21 12.0 -55.9 191 61 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13870 -59.2 -79.1 6 19.8 -59.5 226 40 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16383 -62.2 -84.2 4 22.0 -62.4 269 30 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.46 m Freezing level: 660.71 mb = 3547.95 m = 11640.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.30 mb = 2948.31 m = 9672.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.47 mb = 759.80 m = 2492.76 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.01 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.52 mb = 1942.57 m = 6373.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.52 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 26.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.37 mb = 1535.01 m = 5036.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.37 mb = 2642.72 m = 8670.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.37 mb = 9197.22 m = 30174.25 ft B at Equ Level: 648.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.37 mb = 12432.96 m = 40790.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 87.10 m/s