MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.94,-96.28 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -96.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 976 252 20.6 14.4 67 6.2 16.6 190 11 295.8 297.7 290.7 326.4 10.61 2 950 485 21.0 13.4 61 7.7 16.1 193 26 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.3 10.20 3 900 955 22.2 12.5 54 9.7 15.9 216 44 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.7 10.15 4 850 1450 19.2 10.5 57 8.7 13.7 225 45 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.6 9.40 5 800 1968 15.5 9.1 66 6.3 11.5 233 38 307.6 309.4 293.2 335.3 9.13 6 750 2513 12.3 5.9 65 6.5 8.5 240 30 310.0 311.4 292.7 333.8 7.76 7 700 3088 7.8 2.1 67 5.7 4.6 235 27 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.9 6.38 8 650 3694 3.5 -2.4 65 6.0 0.5 233 31 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.5 4.92 9 600 4339 -0.8 -8.6 56 7.7 -4.2 237 36 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.34 10 550 5028 -5.6 -14.6 49 8.9 -8.9 237 39 317.4 317.8 290.2 324.8 2.24 11 500 5767 -10.8 -19.2 50 8.4 -13.4 237 42 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.6 1.67 12 450 6571 -15.1 -25.5 41 10.4 -17.7 239 46 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.1 1.07 13 400 7451 -21.1 -31.3 39 10.2 -23.1 242 50 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.70 14 350 8421 -28.8 -38.4 39 9.7 -30.0 243 55 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.39 15 300 9505 -37.2 -42.8 56 5.5 -37.8 248 64 332.9 332.9 292.8 334.0 0.29 16 250 10737 -47.4 -47.6 98 0.2 -47.4 251 72 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12182 -53.9 -67.0 19 13.0 -54.2 250 84 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14001 -61.6 -78.7 9 17.1 -61.7 256 80 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16457 -69.2 -83.8 10 14.6 -69.3 254 40 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.88 m Freezing level: 609.33 mb = 4218.74 m = 13840.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.24 mb = 3766.09 m = 12355.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.14 mb = 1050.42 m = 3446.20 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.57 mb = 2927.78 m = 9605.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.47 C = 95.84 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 436.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.75 mb = 1801.45 m = 5910.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.75 mb = 5602.16 m = 18379.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 490.75 mb = 5909.59 m = 19388.18 ft B at Equ Level: 31.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 420.75 mb = 7072.60 m = 23203.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.9 neg: -23.8 tot: 312.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 54.09 m/s