MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 962 371 23.2 10.9 46 12.2 15.5 210 8 299.6 301.2 290.2 324.8 8.57 2 950 475 22.1 9.9 46 12.2 14.6 211 12 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.3 8.06 3 900 941 18.3 8.1 51 10.2 12.3 229 14 300.4 301.8 289.6 322.8 7.55 4 850 1428 14.4 6.3 58 8.1 9.7 251 14 301.2 302.5 289.4 322.2 7.06 5 800 1936 10.4 3.5 62 6.9 6.6 277 16 302.3 303.4 289.0 320.8 6.17 6 750 2470 7.0 -1.0 57 7.9 3.0 299 21 304.2 305.0 288.3 318.7 4.76 7 700 3034 2.8 -2.7 67 5.6 0.1 308 23 305.6 306.4 288.5 319.3 4.47 8 650 3629 -1.8 -5.6 75 3.8 -3.5 311 26 306.9 307.6 288.4 318.9 3.86 9 600 4260 -6.6 -9.2 82 2.6 -7.7 316 25 308.4 309.0 288.2 318.4 3.17 10 550 4935 -10.4 -16.6 60 6.2 -12.4 303 23 311.8 312.1 288.1 318.0 1.90 11 500 5663 -14.5 -22.5 50 8.1 -16.6 296 20 315.4 315.6 288.6 319.6 1.25 12 450 6452 -20.5 -26.4 60 5.8 -21.8 298 26 317.4 317.6 289.0 320.8 0.99 13 400 7313 -25.8 -29.2 73 3.4 -26.5 250 23 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.85 14 350 8274 -28.3 -37.7 40 9.4 -29.6 210 38 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.42 15 300 9368 -32.8 -58.1 6 25.2 -34.5 237 35 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 16 250 10631 -40.6 -67.2 4 26.6 -41.6 261 52 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.7 0.02 17 200 12126 -48.3 -73.5 4 25.3 -48.8 252 55 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13961 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.5 268 60 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16439 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.0 246 39 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5630.59 m Freezing level: 669.74 mb = 3393.71 m = 11134.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.13 mb = 3055.06 m = 10023.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.94 mb = 1905.61 m = 6251.93 ft T: 10.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 6.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.39 mb = 2697.83 m = 8851.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 29.59 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.38 mb = 2173.69 m = 7131.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.38 mb = 3599.33 m = 11808.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 512.38 mb = 5475.81 m = 17965.04 ft B at Equ Level: 47.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 392.38 mb = 7451.31 m = 24446.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 62.43 m/s