MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 35.01,-99.85 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -99.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 489 SFC 941 575 32.9 12.3 29 20.6 19.2 189 20 311.4 313.3 294.6 341.0 9.61 3 900 971 27.9 11.2 35 16.7 17.0 198 27 310.3 312.0 294.0 338.9 9.34 4 850 1473 23.1 10.2 44 13.0 14.8 206 26 310.4 312.1 294.0 338.6 9.21 5 800 1997 18.2 9.1 55 9.1 12.4 214 26 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.6 9.12 6 750 2546 13.0 7.9 71 5.1 9.9 222 26 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.2 8.94 7 700 3122 8.6 4.5 75 4.1 6.2 238 31 312.0 313.4 293.2 335.3 7.54 8 650 3730 3.4 1.5 87 1.9 2.4 248 35 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.3 6.56 9 600 4375 -0.3 -10.8 45 10.5 -4.7 251 37 315.7 316.3 290.2 324.8 2.79 10 550 5067 -3.9 -26.9 15 23.0 -10.2 248 33 319.4 319.6 289.4 322.1 0.77 11 500 5810 -9.3 -31.7 14 22.3 -14.5 248 32 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.6 0.54 12 450 6616 -14.5 -44.3 6 29.8 -19.1 251 27 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.17 13 400 7496 -21.6 -45.7 9 24.1 -24.6 256 23 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.16 14 350 8463 -29.5 -49.1 13 19.6 -31.3 261 22 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.4 0.12 15 300 9543 -38.9 -50.9 27 12.0 -39.6 256 19 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.12 16 250 10766 -48.6 -57.4 35 8.8 -48.9 276 33 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.07 17 200 12194 -59.9 -65.3 49 5.4 -60.0 261 51 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.03 18 150 13965 -63.0 -76.2 15 13.2 -63.1 257 57 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16439 -66.5 -83.4 8 16.9 -66.7 258 42 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.25 m Freezing level: 604.56 mb = 4316.17 m = 14160.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.19 mb = 3941.19 m = 12930.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.21 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.13 mb = 3144.02 m = 10314.90 ft T: 8.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3279.24 m = 10758.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.65 C = 92.57 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 914.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.51 mb = 3092.15 m = 10144.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.51 mb = 3512.00 m = 11522.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.51 mb = 12270.83 m = 40258.14 ft B at Equ Level: 911.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.51 mb = 14495.36 m = 47556.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 17.14 Bulk Shear: 53.36 m/s