MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510081200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510081200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 38.3,-99.7 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -99.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -24 1 950 416 SFC 920 700 25.1 15.0 54 10.1 18.2 169 13 305.4 307.6 294.4 340.6 11.73 3 900 890 25.7 13.8 48 11.9 17.7 174 26 308.0 310.1 294.7 341.6 11.08 4 850 1390 21.9 12.4 55 9.5 15.7 182 37 309.1 311.1 294.7 341.8 10.74 5 800 1913 17.6 10.6 63 7.0 13.1 196 39 309.9 311.8 294.5 340.7 10.06 6 750 2461 13.3 7.8 70 5.4 9.9 210 39 311.0 312.7 293.9 338.4 8.90 7 700 3038 9.0 4.9 76 4.1 6.6 219 40 312.4 313.9 293.5 336.6 7.80 8 650 3648 4.9 0.6 74 4.3 2.6 225 43 314.5 315.7 292.8 334.0 6.18 9 600 4296 0.3 -5.5 65 5.7 -2.4 231 47 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.1 4.25 10 550 4988 -4.2 -12.2 53 8.0 -7.4 232 54 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.1 2.72 11 500 5733 -8.5 -17.5 48 9.0 -11.6 229 59 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.94 12 450 6543 -13.7 -24.7 39 11.0 -16.7 229 62 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.15 13 400 7427 -19.9 -30.5 38 10.6 -22.1 227 63 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.9 0.76 14 350 8403 -27.4 -37.0 40 9.6 -28.8 225 64 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.46 15 300 9491 -36.5 -44.0 46 7.5 -37.2 226 68 333.9 334.0 293.0 335.0 0.26 16 250 10730 -45.1 -53.9 37 8.8 -45.6 225 83 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.10 17 200 12190 -53.8 -65.0 24 11.2 -54.1 230 93 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 13996 -63.1 -76.4 15 13.3 -63.2 230 85 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16454 -66.9 -83.3 8 16.4 -67.0 231 43 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.65 m Freezing level: 597.00 mb = 4337.58 m = 14230.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.22 mb = 3975.73 m = 13043.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.40 mb = 1983.38 m = 6507.09 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.62 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 2906.32 m = 9535.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.05 mb = 2483.14 m = 8146.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.05 mb = 3609.70 m = 11842.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.05 mb = 11189.73 m = 36711.27 ft B at Equ Level: 675.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.05 mb = 13869.32 m = 45502.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 143.56 m/s