MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510041200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510041200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.5,-95.3 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -95.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 974 288 23.7 6.1 32 17.6 13.6 267 10 299.1 300.2 287.8 317.1 6.08 2 950 506 20.9 5.0 35 15.9 12.0 266 14 298.4 299.5 287.2 315.5 5.77 3 900 969 16.4 4.2 44 12.2 9.7 264 15 298.4 299.5 287.2 315.4 5.74 4 850 1451 11.8 3.4 56 8.4 7.3 262 15 298.5 299.6 287.2 315.5 5.73 5 800 1954 7.0 2.4 72 4.6 4.6 261 16 298.7 299.7 287.2 315.5 5.69 6 750 2482 3.7 -0.3 75 4.0 1.7 267 28 300.6 301.5 287.3 315.5 4.98 7 700 3038 -0.8 -1.6 94 0.8 -1.2 264 36 301.5 302.4 287.5 316.2 4.85 8 650 3626 -4.4 -4.6 98 0.2 -4.5 260 40 304.0 304.7 287.7 316.8 4.18 9 600 4253 -8.6 -8.8 98 0.3 -8.7 260 42 306.2 306.8 287.6 316.4 3.27 10 550 4921 -12.8 -14.1 90 1.3 -13.3 261 54 308.8 309.3 287.5 316.3 2.33 11 500 5641 -17.8 -19.2 89 1.3 -18.2 274 61 311.3 311.6 287.7 316.8 1.68 12 450 6429 -17.9 -33.2 25 15.4 -20.7 274 81 320.8 320.9 289.6 322.6 0.52 13 400 7303 -21.8 -42.9 13 21.1 -24.6 272 85 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.22 14 350 8271 -29.3 -50.4 11 21.1 -31.2 276 87 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.11 15 300 9363 -33.4 -59.0 6 25.7 -35.0 273 78 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 16 250 10619 -41.8 -61.7 10 19.9 -42.6 279 65 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 17 200 12107 -47.9 -73.1 4 25.2 -48.5 246 42 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 18 150 13976 -56.6 -79.6 4 23.0 -56.9 259 53 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16510 -64.3 -84.3 5 20.0 -64.5 244 29 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5579.34 m Freezing level: 709.30 mb = 2934.57 m = 9627.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.66 mb = 2803.55 m = 9197.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.10 % Est. max temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.92 mb = 2471.97 m = 8110.03 ft T: 3.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.97 mb = 2788.92 m = 9149.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 32.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9855.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.13 mb = 2491.33 m = 8173.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 76.98 m/s