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: 37.28,-97.44 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 964 379 25.7 17.1 59 8.6 19.8 176 16 302.0 304.4 294.3 339.8 12.81 2 950 509 24.7 15.9 58 8.8 18.7 180 26 302.2 304.5 293.8 337.8 12.03 3 900 980 20.4 14.5 69 5.9 16.5 187 34 302.5 304.7 293.5 336.8 11.58 4 850 1471 16.0 13.1 83 2.9 14.1 194 39 302.9 305.0 293.3 336.1 11.21 5 800 1983 11.8 11.1 95 0.7 11.4 207 42 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.9 10.46 6 750 2522 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.2 221 46 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.1 8.57 7 700 3094 6.9 4.1 82 2.8 5.3 222 48 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.7 7.34 8 650 3699 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 219 47 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.9 6.39 9 600 4341 -2.8 -3.9 92 1.1 -3.3 228 51 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.0 4.80 10 550 5025 -7.4 -17.6 44 10.1 -10.8 230 58 315.3 315.6 289.0 321.1 1.75 11 500 5761 -11.8 -31.9 17 20.1 -16.1 232 59 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.53 12 450 6559 -17.0 -36.9 16 19.9 -20.4 240 61 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.36 13 400 7431 -23.9 -31.4 50 7.5 -25.3 246 65 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.69 14 350 8392 -30.5 -30.8 98 0.2 -30.6 250 73 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.84 15 300 9470 -38.4 -39.1 94 0.6 -38.5 253 83 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.8 0.43 16 250 10694 -48.9 -49.3 96 0.4 -48.9 255 90 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.17 17 200 12123 -59.1 -62.3 66 3.2 -59.1 255 82 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 13914 -61.8 -78.0 10 16.2 -61.9 265 61 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16405 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.0 268 33 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.67 m Freezing level: 625.34 mb = 4015.97 m = 13175.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.19 mb = 3922.03 m = 12867.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.97 mb = 1471.11 m = 4826.42 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 19.30 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1815.80 m = 5957.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 993.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.35 mb = 1688.98 m = 5541.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.35 mb = 1948.12 m = 6391.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 763.35 mb = 2374.80 m = 7791.24 ft B at Equ Level: 4.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.35 mb = 14192.53 m = 46562.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 368.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 7.78 Bulk Shear: 127.80 m/s