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: 37.35,-97.60 Latitude: 37.35 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 59 SFC 962 398 25.9 16.9 58 9.0 19.8 181 16 302.4 304.7 294.3 340.0 12.71 2 950 506 25.0 15.8 57 9.2 18.8 184 25 302.5 304.7 293.8 338.0 11.98 3 900 977 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.4 190 33 302.7 304.8 293.5 336.7 11.46 4 850 1468 16.1 12.9 81 3.3 14.0 197 38 303.1 305.1 293.3 335.8 11.04 5 800 1981 11.9 10.9 94 1.0 11.3 209 42 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.5 10.29 6 750 2520 9.4 7.5 88 1.9 8.2 221 45 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.1 8.70 7 700 3091 6.7 4.2 84 2.5 5.2 221 46 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.6 7.40 8 650 3695 2.5 1.1 90 1.5 1.7 220 46 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.6 6.37 9 600 4337 -2.8 -3.7 93 1.0 -3.3 227 51 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.84 10 550 5021 -7.4 -15.6 52 8.2 -10.2 228 57 315.3 315.7 289.4 322.1 2.07 11 500 5757 -12.0 -28.4 24 16.4 -15.9 230 58 318.4 318.6 289.0 321.0 0.73 12 450 6554 -17.1 -37.7 15 20.7 -20.5 239 62 321.8 321.8 289.6 323.0 0.33 13 400 7426 -23.9 -31.9 48 8.0 -25.4 245 66 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.3 0.66 14 350 8386 -30.7 -31.1 96 0.4 -30.7 249 73 327.4 327.5 291.8 330.3 0.82 15 300 9464 -38.6 -39.4 92 0.8 -38.7 252 84 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.42 16 250 10688 -48.8 -49.5 92 0.7 -48.8 254 92 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12118 -58.7 -62.7 60 4.0 -58.8 254 82 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 13912 -61.7 -78.1 10 16.4 -61.8 265 59 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16403 -63.4 -84.0 5 20.5 -63.6 270 32 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.27 m Freezing level: 626.15 mb = 4001.67 m = 13128.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.74 mb = 3911.29 m = 12832.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.54 mb = 1532.96 m = 5029.33 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.01 mb = 1855.16 m = 6086.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 38.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1001.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.20 mb = 1739.40 m = 5706.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.20 mb = 2000.02 m = 6561.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.20 mb = 11559.84 m = 37925.53 ft B at Equ Level: 996.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.20 mb = 14415.14 m = 47293.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 35.4 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: 335.2 neg: -3.2 tot: 332.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.97 Bulk Rich Number: 8.84 Bulk Shear: 113.31 m/s