MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-93.98 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 960 414 21.2 17.6 80 3.6 18.7 181 11 297.7 300.1 293.4 336.2 13.26 2 950 508 20.6 16.3 76 4.3 17.7 184 19 298.1 300.4 292.8 334.1 12.37 3 900 974 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.8 201 36 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.7 11.53 4 850 1465 18.0 8.1 52 10.0 12.0 214 38 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.1 7.98 5 800 1981 14.6 1.9 42 12.7 7.6 215 33 306.7 307.7 289.8 323.6 5.50 6 750 2522 10.2 -1.9 43 12.1 4.1 220 30 307.6 308.5 289.2 321.3 4.43 7 700 3091 5.8 -5.4 44 11.2 0.5 228 27 308.9 309.6 288.8 320.3 3.64 8 650 3692 0.5 -7.1 57 7.6 -2.9 235 26 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.4 3.44 9 600 4328 -5.2 -8.6 77 3.4 -6.6 234 26 310.1 310.8 288.9 320.7 3.34 10 550 5005 -9.9 -14.1 71 4.2 -11.4 236 28 312.3 312.8 288.7 319.9 2.33 11 500 5733 -14.7 -19.8 65 5.2 -16.2 238 35 315.2 315.5 288.9 320.5 1.59 12 450 6523 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 233 45 318.3 318.7 290.0 324.3 1.76 13 400 7387 -26.1 -27.0 93 0.8 -26.3 242 40 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.7 1.05 14 350 8338 -33.9 -44.2 34 10.4 -34.8 249 36 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.21 15 300 9398 -42.3 -55.9 21 13.6 -42.9 249 64 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.0 0.07 16 250 10608 -49.8 -61.2 25 11.4 -50.1 244 59 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.04 17 200 12052 -54.0 -70.6 11 16.6 -54.2 256 63 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.1 -78.7 5 20.6 -58.3 262 50 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16399 -63.3 -83.7 5 20.4 -63.5 272 30 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.62 m Freezing level: 645.65 mb = 3747.20 m = 12293.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.95 mb = 3184.99 m = 10449.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.72 mb = 871.83 m = 2860.32 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.74 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2349.32 m = 7707.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lifted Index: -5.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.42 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1223.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.30 mb = 1532.54 m = 5027.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.30 mb = 3227.81 m = 10589.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.30 mb = 10917.62 m = 35818.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1206.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.30 mb = 13538.34 m = 44416.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.8 neg: -19.1 tot: 216.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 32.77 Bulk Shear: 37.35 m/s