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: 37.55,-97.37 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 962 403 24.1 17.1 65 7.1 19.3 166 16 300.6 303.0 293.9 338.3 12.83 2 950 508 23.3 16.1 64 7.3 18.4 171 24 300.9 303.1 293.5 336.7 12.18 3 900 977 19.4 14.8 75 4.6 16.4 182 33 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.4 11.85 4 850 1467 15.4 13.4 88 2.0 14.1 192 40 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.2 11.47 5 800 1979 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 206 45 303.6 305.5 293.0 334.8 10.49 6 750 2517 9.1 7.7 90 1.5 8.3 219 46 306.5 308.2 292.6 333.1 8.81 7 700 3088 6.8 4.0 82 2.8 5.2 221 48 310.1 311.4 292.4 332.5 7.30 8 650 3694 2.6 0.9 89 1.6 1.7 218 46 311.9 313.1 292.1 331.5 6.31 9 600 4335 -2.8 -3.8 93 1.0 -3.3 225 50 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.80 10 550 5019 -7.6 -15.8 52 8.2 -10.5 229 58 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.7 2.03 11 500 5754 -11.9 -30.1 20 18.2 -16.0 232 60 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.8 0.63 12 450 6553 -16.9 -35.7 18 18.9 -20.3 240 61 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.40 13 400 7425 -23.7 -31.1 51 7.4 -25.1 246 64 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.71 14 350 8386 -30.5 -31.0 95 0.5 -30.6 249 71 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.6 0.82 15 300 9464 -38.6 -39.6 90 1.0 -38.7 252 81 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.5 0.41 16 250 10688 -48.8 -49.4 94 0.5 -48.8 254 90 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.17 17 200 12117 -59.1 -62.1 68 3.0 -59.2 254 78 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13907 -62.1 -78.0 10 16.0 -62.2 264 58 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16399 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.9 -63.3 273 34 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.21 m Freezing level: 626.33 mb = 3997.48 m = 13114.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3901.93 m = 12801.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.76 mb = 1299.68 m = 4264.00 ft T: 16.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.52 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1715.06 m = 5626.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.41 C = 79.54 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 37.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 896.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.10 mb = 1525.75 m = 5005.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.10 mb = 1988.44 m = 6523.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 719.10 mb = 2865.53 m = 9401.24 ft B at Equ Level: 10.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.10 mb = 13944.20 m = 45748.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 35.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.8 neg: -7.5 tot: 422.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.29 Bulk Rich Number: 5.79 Bulk Shear: 154.86 m/s