MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F381.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 381 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-97.52 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 967 325 27.5 17.1 53 10.4 20.4 226 6 303.6 305.9 294.7 341.6 12.82 2 950 483 28.5 14.8 43 13.7 19.2 220 15 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.7 11.19 3 900 960 24.8 13.3 49 11.4 17.2 216 26 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.5 10.75 4 850 1458 20.1 12.1 60 8.1 14.8 213 32 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.9 10.47 5 800 1978 15.1 10.5 74 4.5 12.2 212 35 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.6 10.05 6 750 2521 10.3 8.6 89 1.6 9.2 215 37 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.2 9.40 7 700 3091 6.3 3.0 79 3.3 4.5 230 43 309.5 310.8 291.8 330.4 6.81 8 650 3695 2.1 -2.8 70 4.9 -0.3 235 46 311.3 312.2 290.7 326.3 4.79 9 600 4337 -1.4 -10.2 51 8.8 -5.1 235 40 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.9 2.93 10 550 5026 -4.2 -18.0 33 13.8 -8.9 229 34 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.7 1.69 11 500 5771 -8.3 -24.7 25 16.4 -12.9 229 31 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.03 12 450 6579 -14.8 -31.3 23 16.6 -18.3 234 30 324.7 324.8 290.8 326.9 0.62 13 400 7458 -21.1 -39.3 18 18.2 -23.9 240 34 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.32 14 350 8430 -28.1 -45.1 18 17.0 -30.0 241 36 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.20 15 300 9518 -36.0 -49.6 23 13.6 -37.0 242 42 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10760 -44.4 -55.8 27 11.4 -44.9 242 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.08 17 200 12228 -53.0 -68.4 14 15.4 -53.3 241 58 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14032 -63.6 -76.9 15 13.3 -63.7 240 54 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16460 -68.0 -83.2 10 15.2 -68.1 223 50 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.02 m Freezing level: 620.36 mb = 4075.54 m = 13371.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.45 mb = 3651.99 m = 11981.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.28 mb = 1648.95 m = 5409.89 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.69 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.89 mb = 2421.40 m = 7944.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.63 mb = 2281.30 m = 7484.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.63 mb = 2557.77 m = 8391.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.63 mb = 10320.86 m = 33860.69 ft B at Equ Level: 623.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.63 mb = 13372.47 m = 43872.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 13.50 Bulk Shear: 46.22 m/s