MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.73,-97.6 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 354 30.6 13.6 35 17.0 19.2 201 21 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.1 10.12 2 950 522 28.2 12.9 39 15.2 18.1 201 31 305.8 307.6 293.2 335.5 9.90 3 900 998 23.4 12.0 49 11.4 16.0 203 36 305.6 307.4 293.1 335.1 9.83 4 850 1493 18.6 11.1 62 7.5 13.8 203 38 305.7 307.5 293.1 335.2 9.81 5 800 2009 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.5 204 38 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.3 9.79 6 750 2549 9.4 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 211 39 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.9 9.30 7 700 3121 7.1 4.6 84 2.5 5.6 227 42 310.3 311.8 292.7 333.7 7.60 8 650 3727 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 236 44 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.4 6.61 9 600 4372 -1.5 -2.6 92 1.2 -2.0 241 50 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.1 5.26 10 550 5059 -6.4 -13.3 58 6.8 -9.0 244 53 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.7 2.50 11 500 5797 -10.9 -30.3 19 19.4 -15.3 245 52 319.7 319.9 289.3 321.9 0.62 12 450 6598 -16.2 -29.5 31 13.3 -19.1 251 57 322.9 323.0 290.4 325.5 0.73 13 400 7472 -23.0 -23.9 93 0.9 -23.2 253 68 325.1 325.3 291.7 329.9 1.39 14 350 8437 -29.7 -29.8 99 0.1 -29.7 258 77 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.1 0.92 15 300 9519 -37.8 -40.1 79 2.3 -38.0 255 78 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.6 0.39 16 250 10747 -48.3 -48.7 96 0.3 -48.3 263 85 334.2 334.3 293.0 335.0 0.18 17 200 12178 -59.3 -62.2 69 2.9 -59.4 259 86 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 13955 -62.7 -76.8 13 14.1 -62.8 262 69 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16433 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 266 36 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.70 m Freezing level: 615.12 mb = 4176.83 m = 13703.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.11 mb = 4067.39 m = 13344.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.05 mb = 2482.23 m = 8143.71 ft T: 9.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.48 mb = 2588.37 m = 8491.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.08 C = 87.95 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 38.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 760.34 mb = 2434.75 m = 7987.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.34 mb = 3910.80 m = 12830.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.34 mb = 11134.26 m = 36529.29 ft B at Equ Level: 458.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.34 mb = 13353.25 m = 43809.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.17 Bulk Shear: 64.57 m/s