MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 36.41,-97.76 Latitude: 36.41 Longitude: -97.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 968 353 17.0 -2.9 26 19.9 7.7 189 19 292.9 293.5 282.3 302.4 3.19 2 950 510 17.0 -3.6 24 20.6 7.4 193 33 294.4 295.0 282.8 303.7 3.09 3 900 970 18.6 -2.5 24 21.1 8.2 216 56 300.7 301.3 285.8 311.5 3.54 4 850 1460 18.9 -1.6 25 20.5 8.3 233 56 305.9 306.7 288.2 318.3 3.99 5 800 1978 17.1 -4.6 22 21.7 6.4 249 49 309.4 310.0 288.8 320.1 3.39 6 750 2525 14.8 -10.5 16 25.3 3.5 258 36 312.6 313.0 288.8 320.0 2.28 7 700 3105 12.1 -17.0 11 29.1 0.7 257 27 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.8 1.45 8 650 3720 8.1 -21.9 10 30.0 -2.3 255 29 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.7 1.02 9 600 4373 3.0 -25.9 10 29.0 -5.8 258 32 319.6 319.7 289.5 322.3 0.77 10 550 5070 -2.6 -31.5 9 28.9 -9.9 259 34 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.50 11 500 5816 -8.7 -36.0 9 27.2 -14.4 263 37 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.35 12 450 6622 -15.1 -41.8 8 26.7 -19.3 265 38 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.22 13 400 7500 -21.8 -45.5 10 23.7 -24.8 272 42 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.16 14 350 8469 -28.5 -48.4 13 19.9 -30.4 284 62 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9555 -36.3 -48.2 28 11.9 -37.2 290 71 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.16 16 250 10791 -46.9 -49.3 76 2.4 -47.0 295 81 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.17 17 200 12235 -56.1 -64.5 34 8.4 -56.3 295 79 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 14026 -64.2 -76.1 18 12.0 -64.3 289 70 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16461 -71.1 -83.3 15 12.1 -71.2 255 29 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.13 m Freezing level: 573.25 mb = 4745.75 m = 15569.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.14 mb = 3246.51 m = 10651.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 15.15 % Est. max temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.92 mb = 2904.01 m = 9527.48 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.69 C/km ThetaE index: 0.05 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.57 mb = 6119.08 m = 20075.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 46.93 C = 116.48 F Cap Strength: 16.67 C Lifted Index: 14.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.69 C Showalter Index: 8.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 7.10 C K Index: -3.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 236.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13071.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.30 mb = 3464.51 m = 11366.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 705.4 neg: -31.9 tot: 673.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.1 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 115.21 m/s