MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 41 SFC 976 253 24.4 18.0 68 6.4 20.0 206 16 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.8 13.42 2 950 487 21.6 17.0 75 4.6 18.5 209 27 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.0 12.97 3 900 954 17.9 15.1 84 2.8 16.0 217 33 300.0 302.2 293.1 335.2 12.05 4 850 1444 18.4 7.0 47 11.4 11.6 231 33 305.5 306.8 291.1 327.9 7.41 5 800 1962 16.5 1.4 36 15.0 8.2 234 25 308.7 309.7 290.3 325.1 5.30 6 750 2507 11.9 2.4 52 9.5 6.6 240 25 309.5 310.7 291.2 328.3 6.09 7 700 3079 6.9 2.5 74 4.4 4.5 238 24 310.1 311.3 291.8 330.4 6.56 8 650 3683 1.3 -0.0 91 1.4 0.6 235 23 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.7 5.88 9 600 4323 -2.8 -4.1 91 1.2 -3.4 229 24 312.8 313.7 291.0 327.7 4.71 10 550 5008 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 223 31 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.5 4.06 11 500 5747 -11.0 -12.0 92 1.0 -11.4 217 38 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.6 3.04 12 450 6549 -16.2 -16.6 97 0.4 -16.3 211 48 322.8 323.3 291.9 330.7 2.32 13 400 7423 -23.2 -25.0 85 1.8 -23.6 221 56 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.26 14 350 8386 -30.5 -34.1 71 3.6 -31.0 227 65 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.9 0.61 15 300 9466 -37.6 -42.2 62 4.6 -38.0 231 83 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 16 250 10696 -47.9 -48.2 97 0.2 -47.9 230 92 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.19 17 200 12151 -50.6 -71.7 6 21.1 -51.0 240 93 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13988 -59.8 -78.9 7 19.1 -60.0 249 71 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.01 19 100 16466 -69.1 -83.8 10 14.6 -69.2 258 39 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.24 m Freezing level: 634.05 mb = 3887.25 m = 12753.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.51 mb = 3775.76 m = 12387.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.81 mb = 1060.82 m = 3480.33 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.30 mb = 2413.72 m = 7918.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.03 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 617.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.00 mb = 1273.90 m = 4179.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.00 mb = 3291.67 m = 10799.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.00 mb = 10642.10 m = 34914.59 ft B at Equ Level: 616.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.00 mb = 12753.44 m = 41841.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.6 neg: -16.6 tot: 103.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 67.15 Bulk Shear: 9.20 m/s