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: 37.22,-97.6 Latitude: 37.22 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 60 SFC 964 383 26.4 16.8 56 9.5 19.8 183 17 302.7 305.0 294.3 340.0 12.61 2 950 507 25.3 15.6 55 9.7 18.8 186 25 302.9 305.1 293.8 337.9 11.81 3 900 979 20.9 14.1 65 6.8 16.4 192 33 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.6 11.31 4 850 1471 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 14.0 198 38 303.2 305.3 293.3 335.8 10.95 5 800 1984 12.0 10.9 93 1.0 11.3 209 41 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.7 10.31 6 750 2522 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.2 221 45 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.1 8.57 7 700 3094 6.7 4.2 84 2.6 5.2 222 47 310.0 311.3 292.4 332.7 7.39 8 650 3699 2.6 1.2 91 1.4 1.8 220 46 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.0 6.45 9 600 4341 -2.7 -3.6 93 0.9 -3.1 228 51 313.0 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.89 10 550 5025 -7.4 -16.3 49 8.9 -10.4 229 57 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.8 1.95 11 500 5760 -12.0 -30.3 20 18.4 -16.1 231 58 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.61 12 450 6558 -17.1 -38.6 14 21.4 -20.6 240 61 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.30 13 400 7429 -24.0 -32.1 47 8.1 -25.4 246 66 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.65 14 350 8389 -30.7 -30.9 98 0.3 -30.7 250 74 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.83 15 300 9467 -38.5 -39.0 95 0.5 -38.5 253 85 331.2 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.44 16 250 10692 -48.8 -49.4 94 0.5 -48.8 255 92 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.17 17 200 12121 -58.8 -62.7 60 3.9 -58.9 254 84 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13915 -61.5 -78.0 9 16.5 -61.7 265 60 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16406 -63.9 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.1 267 32 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.13 m Freezing level: 625.24 mb = 4016.59 m = 13177.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.46 mb = 3930.80 m = 12896.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.55 mb = 1585.33 m = 5201.16 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.44 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1895.19 m = 6217.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 981.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.07 mb = 1794.54 m = 5887.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.07 mb = 2056.14 m = 6745.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.07 mb = 2162.04 m = 7093.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 743.07 mb = 2599.02 m = 8526.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 324.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 8.98 Bulk Shear: 109.30 m/s