MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-97.63 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 966 369 27.2 15.0 47 12.2 19.0 166 7 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.6 11.16 2 950 515 29.9 13.0 36 16.8 18.7 178 18 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.7 9.97 3 900 994 26.0 11.2 40 14.8 16.4 192 21 308.3 310.1 293.5 336.7 9.32 4 850 1494 21.5 9.8 47 11.7 14.1 207 21 308.7 310.4 293.3 336.1 8.99 5 800 2015 16.9 8.3 57 8.6 11.6 223 21 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.5 8.62 6 750 2561 12.6 5.0 60 7.6 8.1 255 21 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.7 7.30 7 700 3137 8.4 0.9 59 7.5 4.3 280 22 311.8 312.9 291.7 330.0 5.84 8 650 3745 4.8 -5.1 48 10.0 0.0 272 18 314.4 315.2 290.9 327.3 4.02 9 600 4392 -0.4 -8.2 56 7.8 -3.8 268 25 315.6 316.3 290.7 326.7 3.43 10 550 5080 -6.4 -9.9 76 3.5 -7.9 263 31 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.1 3.27 11 500 5817 -11.7 -20.2 49 8.5 -14.3 270 33 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.54 12 450 6619 -14.8 -39.6 10 24.8 -19.1 288 27 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.27 13 400 7502 -20.3 -50.2 5 29.9 -23.7 322 28 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.10 14 350 8474 -28.8 -45.7 18 16.9 -30.6 306 28 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.18 15 300 9554 -38.6 -48.0 36 9.4 -39.2 296 36 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.17 16 250 10777 -48.8 -56.0 43 7.2 -49.0 289 35 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12219 -55.1 -66.3 24 11.3 -55.3 273 35 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14025 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 293 37 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16515 -66.3 -83.1 8 16.8 -66.5 269 16 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.97 m Freezing level: 603.98 mb = 4340.53 m = 14240.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.74 mb = 3748.52 m = 12298.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.81 C = 91.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.89 mb = 1930.87 m = 6334.80 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.82 mb = 3244.99 m = 10646.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.00 C = 96.81 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 153.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.34 mb = 2726.06 m = 8943.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.34 mb = 4254.00 m = 13956.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.34 mb = 11306.62 m = 37094.74 ft B at Equ Level: 539.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.34 mb = 13227.13 m = 43395.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 195.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 6.55 Bulk Shear: 84.19 m/s