MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F183.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F183.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 183 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 37.24,-97.10 Latitude: 37.24 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 969 372 24.3 15.4 58 8.9 18.4 167 16 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.6 11.41 2 950 545 22.6 13.8 58 8.8 16.8 171 24 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.9 10.49 3 900 1012 18.1 12.6 70 5.6 14.6 178 28 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.22 4 850 1499 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.4 190 30 300.6 302.5 291.8 330.3 10.09 5 800 2007 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.9 200 31 301.9 303.6 291.7 330.0 9.50 6 750 2544 8.9 3.1 67 5.8 5.7 220 30 306.2 307.4 290.5 325.7 6.39 7 700 3112 5.9 -7.6 37 13.5 -0.1 230 29 309.0 309.6 288.3 318.8 3.08 8 650 3713 1.3 -16.0 26 17.4 -4.9 236 33 310.5 310.8 287.4 316.0 1.68 9 600 4352 -2.6 -25.2 16 22.6 -8.9 230 40 313.1 313.2 287.4 315.9 0.82 10 550 5036 -7.1 -30.6 13 23.4 -12.6 230 44 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.6 0.55 11 500 5771 -12.4 -33.8 15 21.5 -16.7 234 44 318.0 318.0 288.6 319.5 0.44 12 450 6566 -18.5 -36.0 20 17.4 -21.5 240 46 320.0 320.0 289.2 321.4 0.39 13 400 7433 -25.2 -38.0 29 12.8 -26.9 245 50 322.3 322.3 289.9 323.6 0.36 14 350 8388 -32.0 -39.2 49 7.2 -32.8 247 60 325.7 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 15 300 9459 -40.1 -43.6 69 3.5 -40.4 249 71 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.27 16 250 10675 -49.3 -58.2 35 8.9 -49.6 256 74 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12113 -56.3 -67.7 23 11.3 -56.5 257 63 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13920 -60.1 -78.0 8 17.8 -60.3 267 40 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16421 -65.3 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.5 296 17 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.05 m Freezing level: 633.19 mb = 3928.25 m = 12887.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.84 mb = 3102.57 m = 10178.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.41 mb = 1494.52 m = 4903.21 ft T: 13.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1824.86 m = 5987.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.88 C K Index: 24.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 312.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.18 mb = 1676.39 m = 5499.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.18 mb = 3748.16 m = 12296.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.18 mb = 9750.13 m = 31988.21 ft B at Equ Level: 311.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.18 mb = 11885.55 m = 38994.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 91.24 m/s