MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 35.74,-97.24 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 975 323 32.6 12.4 29 20.3 19.3 180 8 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.28 2 950 551 29.0 11.7 34 17.2 17.8 182 11 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.13 3 900 1028 24.2 10.8 43 13.4 15.7 186 12 306.5 308.2 292.8 334.0 9.10 4 850 1524 19.5 9.9 54 9.6 13.5 189 13 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.0 9.06 5 800 2042 14.6 8.9 69 5.7 11.1 191 13 306.7 308.4 292.8 334.0 9.01 6 750 2584 9.9 7.4 84 2.6 8.4 200 13 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.5 8.62 7 700 3155 7.0 2.4 73 4.6 4.5 235 12 310.3 311.5 291.8 330.4 6.53 8 650 3760 2.6 -0.6 79 3.2 1.0 223 14 311.9 313.0 291.6 329.6 5.65 9 600 4402 -2.4 -4.4 86 2.0 -3.4 218 16 313.3 314.2 291.1 327.8 4.59 10 550 5088 -6.3 -11.5 67 5.2 -8.4 240 17 316.6 317.1 290.6 326.0 2.89 11 500 5828 -10.5 -15.2 68 4.8 -12.2 259 16 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.1 2.34 12 450 6631 -15.5 -31.7 24 16.2 -18.9 242 15 323.7 323.9 290.5 325.9 0.60 13 400 7508 -22.1 -39.8 18 17.8 -24.6 233 18 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.30 14 350 8475 -29.6 -45.0 21 15.4 -31.2 230 22 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 15 300 9554 -38.2 -51.4 24 13.2 -39.0 235 27 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.11 16 250 10788 -44.6 -61.7 13 17.1 -45.2 245 43 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12253 -53.3 -69.0 13 15.7 -53.6 243 44 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14069 -62.0 -77.3 11 15.4 -62.1 250 48 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16524 -69.5 -82.8 13 13.3 -69.6 227 31 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.92 m Freezing level: 624.12 mb = 4092.63 m = 13427.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.96 mb = 3897.65 m = 12787.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.29 mb = 2849.75 m = 9349.45 ft T: 8.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 7.94 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.91 mb = 3108.91 m = 10199.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.62 C = 94.32 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 274.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.11 mb = 2727.34 m = 8947.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.11 mb = 3733.76 m = 12249.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.11 mb = 9734.15 m = 31935.81 ft B at Equ Level: 274.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.11 mb = 11564.54 m = 37940.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 26.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 28.28 Bulk Shear: 9.71 m/s