MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 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 63 SFC 965 371 19.6 10.7 56 8.9 14.2 343 11 295.8 297.3 288.8 320.1 8.41 2 950 504 20.9 8.2 44 12.7 13.4 348 21 298.4 299.7 288.6 319.6 7.21 3 900 970 18.5 3.4 36 15.2 10.2 345 34 300.6 301.6 287.7 316.8 5.41 4 850 1456 14.4 1.3 41 13.0 7.5 343 38 301.2 302.1 287.5 316.1 4.95 5 800 1963 9.7 0.1 51 9.6 4.8 343 37 301.4 302.3 287.4 315.9 4.81 6 750 2495 5.1 -1.5 62 6.6 1.9 343 32 302.2 303.0 287.4 316.0 4.57 7 700 3055 1.6 -2.4 74 4.0 -0.3 322 22 304.3 305.1 288.2 318.2 4.57 8 650 3649 -1.4 -12.3 43 10.9 -5.5 300 27 307.4 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.29 9 600 4281 -6.0 -16.6 43 10.6 -9.5 303 36 309.1 309.5 287.0 314.8 1.73 10 550 4955 -12.0 -17.5 63 5.5 -13.7 301 40 309.9 310.2 287.3 315.6 1.76 11 500 5676 -17.3 -34.6 21 17.3 -20.3 301 49 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.4 0.41 12 450 6459 -21.3 -49.4 6 28.1 -24.2 293 47 316.5 316.5 287.7 316.8 0.09 13 400 7319 -25.9 -53.6 6 27.7 -28.2 304 52 321.3 321.3 289.2 321.5 0.06 14 350 8276 -30.0 -56.2 6 26.3 -31.8 307 60 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.05 15 300 9369 -33.2 -61.4 4 28.2 -34.8 297 54 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 16 250 10627 -41.4 -65.8 5 24.4 -42.3 277 44 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 17 200 12116 -48.6 -73.8 4 25.1 -49.2 261 61 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 13964 -58.4 -78.9 6 20.5 -58.6 271 44 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.01 19 100 16459 -65.0 -84.0 6 19.0 -65.1 277 33 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.51 m Freezing level: 673.13 mb = 3373.81 m = 11068.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.45 mb = 2968.65 m = 9739.53 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.16 C = 77.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.25 mb = 1502.83 m = 4930.48 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3067.99 m = 10065.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.67 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 28.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9164.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.70 mb = 2530.51 m = 8302.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -28.0 tot: -19.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 47.30 m/s