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: 36.88,-97.60 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 967 353 27.2 18.6 59 8.6 21.1 183 17 303.2 305.8 295.5 344.9 14.07 2 950 508 25.7 17.0 59 8.7 19.7 186 27 303.3 305.7 294.7 341.7 12.95 3 900 981 21.2 15.6 70 5.6 17.4 190 34 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.3 12.44 4 850 1473 16.5 14.3 86 2.3 15.0 196 37 303.5 305.7 294.2 339.5 12.13 5 800 1987 13.3 12.1 92 1.2 12.6 214 37 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.8 11.17 6 750 2532 12.9 3.4 52 9.5 7.5 226 34 310.5 311.8 291.9 330.7 6.52 7 700 3107 8.7 -5.5 36 14.2 1.9 236 35 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.6 3.63 8 650 3714 4.7 -18.5 17 23.1 -3.6 243 35 314.3 314.5 288.3 318.9 1.37 9 600 4361 0.9 -23.4 14 24.3 -6.7 248 32 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.5 0.97 10 550 5053 -4.8 -22.8 23 17.9 -10.2 252 31 318.4 318.6 289.4 322.2 1.11 11 500 5795 -9.3 -36.0 9 26.6 -14.8 260 25 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.35 12 450 6600 -15.3 -39.1 11 23.8 -19.3 249 21 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.29 13 400 7477 -22.2 -44.4 11 22.2 -25.0 252 15 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.18 14 350 8444 -29.2 -46.0 18 16.8 -30.9 274 28 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 15 300 9523 -39.1 -48.6 36 9.5 -39.8 273 28 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.15 16 250 10743 -49.8 -56.2 47 6.3 -50.1 281 36 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 12160 -61.8 -64.9 67 3.1 -61.9 281 42 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.03 18 150 13936 -61.4 -77.2 11 15.8 -61.6 258 49 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16418 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.6 259 40 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.00 m Freezing level: 591.86 mb = 4474.06 m = 14678.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.61 mb = 3312.98 m = 10869.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.43 mb = 1438.23 m = 4718.54 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 26.04 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.82 mb = 1821.00 m = 5974.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 26.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.53 mb = 1649.00 m = 5410.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.53 mb = 3619.99 m = 11876.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.53 mb = 12557.62 m = 41199.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1404.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.53 mb = 14929.46 m = 48980.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 287.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 21.33 Bulk Shear: 66.00 m/s