MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 38 SFC 975 253 21.2 17.7 81 3.5 18.8 190 13 296.4 298.8 292.9 334.4 13.17 2 950 481 20.5 17.3 82 3.2 18.3 193 26 297.9 300.3 293.3 336.1 13.16 3 900 948 20.2 13.6 66 6.5 15.9 222 39 302.3 304.3 293.0 334.8 10.96 4 850 1443 19.7 11.5 59 8.2 14.4 235 37 306.8 308.7 293.6 337.3 10.11 5 800 1963 16.9 7.7 55 9.1 11.3 240 31 309.2 310.7 292.9 334.5 8.30 6 750 2510 12.8 4.7 58 8.1 8.0 239 30 310.5 311.8 292.4 332.5 7.15 7 700 3085 8.3 0.6 58 7.7 4.1 241 32 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.5 5.71 8 650 3692 3.2 -2.8 65 5.9 0.2 240 33 312.5 313.5 291.0 327.7 4.80 9 600 4335 -1.9 -6.9 69 5.0 -4.1 232 35 313.9 314.6 290.6 326.1 3.80 10 550 5020 -6.7 -12.2 65 5.4 -8.8 225 39 316.1 316.6 290.3 325.1 2.74 11 500 5757 -12.1 -16.9 67 4.8 -13.7 225 43 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.0 2.03 12 450 6556 -16.6 -27.7 38 11.0 -19.2 230 48 322.3 322.5 290.4 325.4 0.87 13 400 7431 -22.2 -38.1 22 15.9 -24.6 236 53 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.36 14 350 8399 -28.9 -44.4 21 15.5 -30.6 238 64 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 15 300 9482 -37.0 -47.1 34 10.1 -37.8 241 73 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 16 250 10715 -47.5 -48.3 91 0.8 -47.5 244 78 335.5 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.19 17 200 12164 -52.7 -68.1 14 15.4 -53.0 247 90 349.3 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13990 -60.9 -79.6 7 18.8 -61.0 254 79 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16457 -69.5 -83.7 11 14.2 -69.6 257 38 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.53 m Freezing level: 618.78 mb = 4093.01 m = 13428.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.74 mb = 3719.51 m = 12202.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.84 mb = 694.47 m = 2278.42 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.21 mb = 2607.85 m = 8555.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.33 C = 95.59 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.50 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 35.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 330.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.79 mb = 1353.66 m = 4441.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.79 mb = 3768.71 m = 12364.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.79 mb = 9857.99 m = 32342.10 ft B at Equ Level: 441.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.79 mb = 12364.18 m = 40564.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.1 neg: -9.9 tot: 255.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 9.18 Bulk Shear: 48.11 m/s