MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 37 SFC 962 371 24.8 10.2 40 14.6 15.8 193 10 301.3 302.8 290.4 325.4 8.15 2 950 481 23.4 8.6 39 14.8 14.4 197 14 300.9 302.3 289.6 322.9 7.40 3 900 949 19.2 7.3 46 11.9 12.1 208 17 301.3 302.6 289.5 322.5 7.12 4 850 1437 15.2 5.5 52 9.6 9.7 218 20 302.0 303.3 289.4 322.0 6.69 5 800 1947 10.9 4.3 64 6.6 7.2 223 24 302.8 304.0 289.5 322.3 6.51 6 750 2482 7.3 1.6 67 5.6 4.2 224 30 304.5 305.5 289.3 321.9 5.74 7 700 3046 3.2 -1.1 74 4.3 1.0 223 35 306.0 306.9 289.2 321.5 5.05 8 650 3641 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.8 225 29 306.8 307.6 288.9 320.5 4.42 9 600 4274 -5.2 -9.7 70 4.6 -7.0 246 21 310.2 310.7 288.7 319.8 3.04 10 550 4953 -8.8 -14.0 66 5.2 -10.7 244 34 313.6 314.1 289.1 321.3 2.35 11 500 5687 -12.2 -15.8 74 3.6 -13.4 231 49 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.6 2.23 12 450 6486 -16.4 -17.5 92 1.0 -16.8 209 52 322.6 323.0 291.7 329.9 2.16 13 400 7363 -22.0 -23.0 91 1.1 -22.2 194 63 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.7 1.50 14 350 8331 -29.6 -31.3 85 1.7 -29.9 196 61 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.80 15 300 9410 -38.8 -39.1 97 0.3 -38.8 199 66 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.43 16 250 10636 -45.4 -58.3 22 12.9 -45.9 227 51 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12117 -49.3 -72.8 5 23.5 -49.8 269 44 354.7 354.7 297.6 354.7 0.01 18 150 13955 -59.9 -78.7 7 18.8 -60.0 272 49 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16445 -66.3 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.4 259 37 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.43 m Freezing level: 668.84 mb = 3416.92 m = 11210.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.77 mb = 3199.22 m = 10495.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.85 mb = 2200.85 m = 7220.55 ft T: 9.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.96 mb = 2930.30 m = 9613.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.69 C K Index: 28.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7582.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.10 mb = 2425.56 m = 7957.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.7 neg: -7.6 tot: 95.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 45.44 m/s