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: 37.29,-97.57 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 963 388 26.1 17.0 57 9.1 19.8 181 16 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.1 12.73 2 950 507 25.1 15.8 56 9.3 18.8 184 25 302.6 304.8 293.8 338.0 11.95 3 900 979 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.4 190 33 302.8 304.9 293.5 336.7 11.45 4 850 1470 16.1 12.9 81 3.3 14.0 196 38 303.1 305.1 293.3 335.9 11.06 5 800 1982 11.9 11.0 94 1.0 11.3 209 42 303.8 305.8 293.0 334.6 10.33 6 750 2521 9.6 7.3 86 2.3 8.2 221 45 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.1 8.60 7 700 3092 6.8 4.1 83 2.6 5.2 222 47 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.7 7.38 8 650 3697 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 219 46 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.8 6.38 9 600 4339 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 227 51 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.1 4.83 10 550 5023 -7.4 -16.5 48 9.1 -10.5 229 58 315.3 315.6 289.2 321.6 1.91 11 500 5759 -11.9 -30.2 20 18.3 -16.0 231 59 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.7 0.62 12 450 6557 -17.1 -37.9 15 20.8 -20.5 239 61 321.8 321.9 289.7 323.0 0.33 13 400 7428 -23.9 -31.9 48 7.9 -25.4 246 66 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.66 14 350 8389 -30.7 -30.9 97 0.3 -30.7 250 74 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.83 15 300 9466 -38.5 -39.2 93 0.7 -38.6 253 84 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.43 16 250 10691 -48.8 -49.4 94 0.5 -48.8 255 92 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12120 -58.8 -62.6 62 3.7 -58.9 254 83 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13913 -61.7 -78.0 10 16.4 -61.8 265 60 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16405 -63.6 -83.9 5 20.3 -63.8 268 32 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.69 m Freezing level: 625.71 mb = 4009.31 m = 13153.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 3918.05 m = 12854.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.23 mb = 1537.14 m = 5043.06 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.41 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1855.27 m = 6086.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.82 C K Index: 38.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.81 mb = 1744.57 m = 5723.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.81 mb = 2005.25 m = 6578.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 757.81 mb = 2434.45 m = 7986.93 ft B at Equ Level: 3.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.81 mb = 14434.04 m = 47355.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 47.3 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.4 neg: -4.7 tot: 336.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.70 Bulk Shear: 114.96 m/s