MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.43,-97.19 Latitude: 35.43 Longitude: -97.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 974 334 23.0 16.3 66 6.7 18.5 191 18 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.4 12.04 2 950 550 20.3 15.6 74 4.7 17.2 195 27 297.8 300.0 292.3 332.2 11.84 3 900 1015 17.7 13.3 75 4.4 14.8 211 34 299.8 301.7 292.0 331.1 10.70 4 850 1506 18.9 7.4 47 11.5 11.9 229 40 305.9 307.3 291.4 328.9 7.60 5 800 2025 16.5 6.1 50 10.4 10.3 235 37 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.41 6 750 2571 13.2 4.7 56 8.5 8.2 240 32 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.0 7.17 7 700 3148 9.0 2.0 61 7.0 5.1 237 28 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.2 6.33 8 650 3757 4.0 -0.2 74 4.2 1.8 234 31 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.8 5.82 9 600 4402 -1.6 -5.2 76 3.6 -3.3 239 37 314.3 315.1 291.2 328.1 4.33 10 550 5088 -6.7 -14.1 55 7.5 -9.4 243 42 316.2 316.6 289.9 323.9 2.33 11 500 5826 -10.6 -28.4 22 17.8 -14.9 255 46 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.7 0.73 12 450 6628 -16.0 -29.9 29 13.9 -19.0 261 50 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.7 0.71 13 400 7504 -22.3 -26.6 68 4.4 -23.2 262 57 326.0 326.3 291.7 329.9 1.08 14 350 8471 -29.2 -29.4 98 0.2 -29.3 265 65 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.8 0.96 15 300 9553 -37.7 -39.9 80 2.2 -37.9 266 65 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.7 0.40 16 250 10782 -48.1 -49.6 84 1.5 -48.1 266 67 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.3 0.17 17 200 12211 -60.1 -60.8 92 0.7 -60.2 266 76 337.5 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.05 18 150 13981 -64.7 -75.4 21 10.7 -64.8 270 72 358.6 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16436 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.4 -67.1 272 35 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.17 m Freezing level: 613.90 mb = 4222.24 m = 13852.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 3978.35 m = 13052.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.35 mb = 1185.17 m = 3888.31 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.26 mb = 2979.27 m = 9774.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.53 C = 97.75 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 463.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.96 mb = 1466.11 m = 4810.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.96 mb = 4683.07 m = 15364.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.96 mb = 7522.69 m = 24680.44 ft B at Equ Level: 44.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 308.96 mb = 9346.59 m = 30664.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.6 neg: -26.8 tot: 229.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 70.24 m/s