MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-97.29 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 973 309 23.2 16.3 65 6.8 18.6 134 20 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.9 12.09 2 950 514 21.9 16.0 69 5.9 17.9 137 34 299.4 301.6 293.0 334.7 12.09 3 900 983 21.7 14.3 63 7.4 16.8 161 42 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.1 11.48 4 850 1480 22.1 9.7 45 12.5 14.2 184 37 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.5 8.89 5 800 2005 20.2 4.1 35 16.1 10.7 207 35 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.8 6.44 6 750 2557 15.5 2.5 42 13.0 8.0 213 34 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.5 6.10 7 700 3137 10.0 1.3 55 8.7 5.2 217 34 313.6 314.7 292.4 332.5 6.02 8 650 3747 4.6 -0.3 71 4.9 2.0 226 33 314.2 315.3 292.3 332.3 5.77 9 600 4393 -0.9 -3.1 85 2.2 -2.0 229 30 315.1 316.0 292.0 331.2 5.09 10 550 5082 -6.3 -7.7 90 1.3 -7.0 230 28 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.1 3.90 11 500 5821 -10.7 -15.7 66 5.1 -12.4 225 23 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.6 2.25 12 450 6626 -14.1 -38.4 11 24.4 -18.5 224 29 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.7 0.31 13 400 7508 -20.6 -44.5 10 23.9 -23.8 224 33 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.18 14 350 8479 -28.9 -38.8 38 9.9 -30.2 231 40 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.38 15 300 9563 -36.9 -40.1 72 3.2 -37.2 242 36 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10798 -47.0 -47.5 95 0.5 -47.1 257 40 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.21 17 200 12243 -55.0 -65.5 26 10.5 -55.2 243 38 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 14056 -61.5 -78.4 9 16.9 -61.7 237 34 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16519 -66.6 -83.0 8 16.4 -66.7 249 19 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.59 m Freezing level: 608.32 mb = 4285.91 m = 14061.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.75 mb = 4066.99 m = 13342.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.70 % Est. max temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.69 mb = 1181.79 m = 3877.20 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.71 C/km ThetaE index: 5.61 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.45 mb = 3059.64 m = 10038.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.95 C = 100.30 F Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 324.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 498.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.93 mb = 1697.56 m = 5569.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.93 mb = 4208.01 m = 13805.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.93 mb = 10430.38 m = 34220.01 ft B at Equ Level: 322.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.93 mb = 12437.02 m = 40803.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 489.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 489.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 161.70 m/s