MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.36,-97.52 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 963 363 20.2 16.2 77 4.1 17.5 194 15 296.6 298.8 292.1 331.5 12.09 2 950 476 20.1 15.8 76 4.3 17.2 195 24 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.3 11.95 3 900 944 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.0 220 35 302.7 304.7 293.1 335.1 10.94 4 850 1438 20.8 4.5 34 16.3 11.3 229 28 307.9 309.1 290.9 327.0 6.22 5 800 1959 17.5 0.2 31 17.3 8.2 237 24 309.8 310.8 290.3 325.0 4.85 6 750 2505 12.7 4.8 59 7.9 8.0 237 26 310.4 311.7 292.4 332.6 7.20 7 700 3080 8.0 1.5 64 6.5 4.4 241 28 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.3 6.10 8 650 3687 3.0 -2.1 69 5.1 0.4 235 27 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.3 5.05 9 600 4330 -1.8 -7.9 63 6.2 -4.5 225 31 314.1 314.7 290.4 325.3 3.51 10 550 5015 -7.0 -11.3 71 4.4 -8.7 221 39 315.8 316.4 290.4 325.3 2.92 11 500 5751 -12.3 -16.2 72 4.0 -13.6 220 45 318.1 318.5 290.3 325.2 2.15 12 450 6550 -16.9 -26.2 44 9.3 -19.1 222 54 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.00 13 400 7425 -21.9 -40.3 17 18.4 -24.5 227 61 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 14 350 8394 -28.8 -47.3 15 18.5 -30.6 230 70 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 15 300 9477 -37.3 -46.3 38 9.0 -38.0 235 79 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.20 16 250 10710 -47.7 -47.9 98 0.1 -47.7 234 84 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12161 -52.2 -69.0 12 16.8 -52.6 240 93 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 13988 -60.9 -79.5 7 18.6 -61.1 248 83 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16461 -69.2 -83.7 11 14.5 -69.3 254 39 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.30 m Freezing level: 618.48 mb = 4091.92 m = 13424.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.61 mb = 3741.07 m = 12273.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.52 mb = 881.19 m = 2891.00 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.26 mb = 2865.61 m = 9401.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.43 C = 93.97 F Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 31.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 397.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.84 mb = 1748.44 m = 5736.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.84 mb = 4133.32 m = 13560.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.84 mb = 7896.25 m = 25906.01 ft B at Equ Level: 217.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.84 mb = 11399.55 m = 37399.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.8 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 255.8 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.8 neg: -17.7 tot: 137.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 11.11 Bulk Shear: 19.60 m/s