MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.55,-97.18 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -97.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 968 331 22.9 10.6 46 12.3 15.3 225 20 298.9 300.4 289.8 323.3 8.34 2 950 491 20.8 10.2 51 10.6 14.3 227 29 298.3 299.8 289.5 322.4 8.24 3 900 955 17.0 8.5 57 8.5 11.9 235 32 299.0 300.4 289.3 321.8 7.75 4 850 1441 14.0 6.6 61 7.4 9.7 242 28 300.8 302.2 289.5 322.3 7.22 5 800 1949 10.6 4.5 66 6.0 7.2 250 23 302.4 303.6 289.5 322.2 6.62 6 750 2485 7.7 0.8 62 6.8 4.1 270 19 304.9 305.9 289.2 321.4 5.43 7 700 3051 4.6 -2.5 60 7.1 1.1 268 25 307.5 308.4 289.2 321.6 4.55 8 650 3650 0.2 -4.2 72 4.4 -1.9 254 30 309.2 310.0 289.6 322.7 4.31 9 600 4289 -3.1 -5.8 82 2.7 -4.3 238 32 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.6 4.14 10 550 4973 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 225 38 316.0 316.8 291.3 328.6 3.92 11 500 5713 -10.2 -10.7 96 0.5 -10.4 212 40 320.6 321.2 292.2 331.7 3.38 12 450 6518 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.2 -15.1 210 45 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.1 2.60 13 400 7398 -21.1 -21.2 100 0.0 -21.1 212 51 327.5 327.9 292.7 333.6 1.76 14 350 8369 -28.5 -28.7 97 0.3 -28.5 216 56 330.4 330.6 292.8 334.1 1.02 15 300 9455 -36.6 -36.9 97 0.3 -36.6 212 64 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.54 16 250 10692 -44.5 -53.9 35 9.3 -45.0 242 52 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.10 17 200 12169 -50.8 -71.2 7 20.5 -51.2 254 54 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 13997 -60.8 -78.2 8 17.3 -61.0 260 53 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16467 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 258 42 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.75 m Freezing level: 646.82 mb = 3690.88 m = 12109.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.35 mb = 3269.28 m = 10725.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.21 mb = 1874.18 m = 6148.81 ft T: 11.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 1.51 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.70 mb = 2903.35 m = 9525.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.26 C Showalter Index: 4.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 16.86 C K Index: 23.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7829.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.91 mb = 1981.57 m = 6501.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.8 neg: -19.1 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 2.28 m/s