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: 36.54,-97.84 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 961 371 20.9 15.2 70 5.8 17.1 232 8 297.4 299.5 291.8 330.3 11.34 2 950 473 19.7 14.1 70 5.6 16.1 234 12 297.1 299.1 291.2 328.2 10.71 3 900 939 21.0 6.0 38 14.9 12.3 250 21 303.1 304.3 289.6 322.8 6.54 4 850 1432 19.7 -1.9 23 21.6 8.6 254 21 306.8 307.5 288.4 319.0 3.91 5 800 1950 15.7 -4.0 26 19.7 5.9 255 19 307.8 308.5 288.4 318.9 3.55 6 750 2492 10.6 -4.1 35 14.7 3.5 257 20 308.1 308.8 288.7 319.9 3.76 7 700 3061 5.5 -5.5 45 11.0 0.4 252 24 308.5 309.2 288.7 319.9 3.62 8 650 3663 2.2 -7.3 49 9.5 -2.0 237 32 311.5 312.1 289.5 322.3 3.40 9 600 4304 -2.1 -13.2 42 11.1 -6.3 237 33 313.7 314.1 289.1 321.2 2.31 10 550 4989 -7.2 -16.6 47 9.4 -10.4 226 30 315.5 315.9 289.3 321.8 1.90 11 500 5723 -13.5 -17.3 72 3.9 -14.7 215 45 316.6 317.0 289.7 323.1 1.96 12 450 6516 -18.8 -19.8 92 1.0 -19.1 213 63 319.6 319.9 290.4 325.5 1.76 13 400 7385 -23.9 -24.0 100 0.1 -23.9 221 71 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.7 1.38 14 350 8345 -31.3 -32.5 89 1.2 -31.4 225 73 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.2 0.71 15 300 9417 -40.0 -41.6 85 1.6 -40.2 227 78 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.33 16 250 10639 -47.0 -56.0 35 9.1 -47.3 223 94 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 17 200 12108 -51.1 -75.1 4 24.0 -51.5 243 67 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13950 -58.3 -79.0 5 20.8 -58.5 247 60 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16446 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.3 -66.5 268 41 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.97 m Freezing level: 624.31 mb = 3992.48 m = 13098.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.27 mb = 3151.12 m = 10338.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.51 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.77 mb = 1106.15 m = 3629.04 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.88 mb = 3297.80 m = 10819.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.18 C Cross Totals Index: 11.56 C K Index: 20.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7549.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 761.61 mb = 2362.87 m = 7752.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 27.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.25 Bulk Shear: 29.53 m/s