MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 36.34,-97.37 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 985 311 8.1 4.6 78 3.5 6.3 350 10 282.4 283.4 280.2 297.4 5.39 2 950 610 5.1 3.9 92 1.2 4.5 355 18 282.4 283.3 280.1 297.2 5.33 3 900 1050 2.6 2.5 99 0.1 2.5 17 22 284.2 285.1 280.6 298.4 5.08 4 850 1511 0.1 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 21 18 286.3 287.1 281.0 299.1 4.52 5 800 1994 -2.6 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.0 26 18 288.3 289.0 280.9 299.0 3.69 6 750 2503 -6.0 -6.1 99 0.2 -6.0 28 19 290.1 290.7 281.1 299.5 3.22 7 700 3042 -7.3 -8.6 90 1.3 -7.8 21 20 294.4 294.9 282.5 302.9 2.84 8 650 3616 -10.9 -12.8 86 1.9 -11.5 20 20 296.6 297.0 282.7 303.3 2.19 9 600 4226 -15.3 -16.9 88 1.6 -15.7 17 19 298.4 298.7 282.9 303.7 1.70 10 550 4877 -19.5 -24.9 62 5.4 -20.6 14 18 300.9 301.1 283.0 303.9 0.92 11 500 5579 -23.8 -37.0 29 13.2 -25.5 14 19 304.0 304.0 283.4 305.1 0.32 12 450 6341 -28.4 -47.1 15 18.8 -29.9 14 21 307.6 307.6 284.5 308.0 0.12 13 400 7176 -33.1 -57.8 7 24.6 -34.4 12 20 311.9 311.9 286.1 312.1 0.04 14 350 8104 -38.3 -62.5 6 24.1 -39.2 7 20 317.0 317.0 287.8 317.1 0.02 15 300 9151 -43.4 -65.4 7 21.9 -44.1 0 18 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.2 0.02 16 250 10367 -47.1 -69.1 6 22.0 -47.6 359 24 336.1 336.1 293.3 336.1 0.01 17 200 11839 -48.4 -76.7 2 28.3 -49.0 341 12 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13717 -51.3 -80.7 2 29.4 -51.9 324 23 381.7 381.7 302.5 381.7 0.00 19 100 16309 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.8 311 17 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5390.68 m Freezing level: 847.72 mb = 1532.70 m = 5028.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 848.73 mb = 1522.58 m = 4995.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.85 % Est. max temperature: 12.50 C = 54.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.80 mb = 750.20 m = 2461.27 ft T: 4.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.17 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.84 mb = 988.39 m = 3242.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 9.59 C = 49.26 F Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lifted Index: 6.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.42 C Showalter Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 22.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14209.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.21 mb = 895.91 m = 2939.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.1 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 47.1 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.3 neg: -5.7 tot: 50.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 6.17 m/s