MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 35.11,-97.42 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 965 344 32.2 9.8 25 22.4 17.9 237 12 308.5 309.9 292.4 332.6 7.92 2 950 486 29.8 9.3 28 20.5 16.9 236 15 307.4 308.9 292.0 331.0 7.74 3 900 964 25.1 8.4 35 16.6 14.7 234 17 307.3 308.8 291.9 330.8 7.71 4 850 1461 20.3 7.4 43 12.8 12.5 232 17 307.4 308.8 291.9 330.6 7.64 5 800 1980 15.3 6.3 55 9.0 10.0 232 17 307.5 308.9 291.8 330.4 7.51 6 750 2522 10.3 4.4 67 5.9 6.9 236 18 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.2 7.02 7 700 3094 8.3 -9.7 27 18.0 0.5 256 26 311.7 312.2 288.8 320.1 2.61 8 650 3700 3.3 -13.4 28 16.7 -3.2 262 25 312.7 313.1 288.6 319.6 2.09 9 600 4343 -1.8 -18.9 26 17.2 -7.5 264 25 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.9 1.43 10 550 5028 -6.8 -23.5 25 16.7 -11.5 265 24 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.6 1.05 11 500 5764 -11.8 -28.7 23 17.0 -15.7 269 25 318.7 318.8 289.1 321.2 0.71 12 450 6562 -17.5 -30.6 31 13.1 -20.1 270 30 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.7 0.67 13 400 7433 -24.0 -35.9 32 11.9 -25.8 267 34 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.45 14 350 8391 -32.1 -40.9 41 8.8 -33.0 261 39 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.31 15 300 9461 -38.7 -54.3 18 15.6 -39.6 259 35 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.08 16 250 10690 -47.9 -49.8 81 1.8 -48.0 257 44 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.16 17 200 12123 -58.5 -61.7 66 3.2 -58.5 255 52 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 13916 -62.1 -76.4 13 14.3 -62.3 255 52 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16407 -64.4 -83.6 5 19.2 -64.6 283 32 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.25 m Freezing level: 617.22 mb = 4121.46 m = 13521.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.38 mb = 3171.87 m = 10406.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.32 mb = 3125.56 m = 10254.33 ft T: 8.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 13.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.69 mb = 3641.50 m = 11947.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.38 C = 97.48 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.22 C K Index: 21.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.38 mb = 3054.23 m = 10020.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.38 mb = 4631.61 m = 15195.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.38 mb = 9269.54 m = 30411.49 ft B at Equ Level: 191.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.38 mb = 11270.54 m = 36976.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 16.93 Bulk Shear: 11.54 m/s