MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-97.75 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 966 374 24.0 15.3 58 8.6 18.2 181 18 300.1 302.2 292.7 333.5 11.41 2 950 519 24.2 14.5 55 9.7 17.8 183 31 301.8 303.8 292.9 334.3 11.00 3 900 992 22.5 12.5 53 10.0 16.0 199 42 304.7 306.5 293.1 335.1 10.16 4 850 1486 18.9 11.5 62 7.4 14.1 212 42 306.0 307.8 293.4 336.2 10.06 5 800 2005 15.4 9.1 66 6.2 11.5 231 38 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.2 9.14 6 750 2549 11.3 5.2 66 6.0 7.7 246 40 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.42 7 700 3120 6.5 0.3 64 6.3 3.2 256 44 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.1 5.59 8 650 3724 2.0 -6.2 55 8.2 -1.7 260 47 311.2 311.9 289.6 322.9 3.71 9 600 4365 -1.2 -21.5 20 20.3 -7.6 254 53 314.7 315.0 288.3 318.6 1.14 10 550 5053 -5.2 -27.3 16 22.1 -11.1 250 53 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.6 0.74 11 500 5794 -10.2 -28.5 21 18.3 -14.7 251 55 320.6 320.7 289.7 323.1 0.73 12 450 6596 -16.7 -24.3 52 7.7 -18.6 254 61 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.4 1.19 13 400 7469 -23.3 -25.1 85 1.8 -23.7 253 67 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.1 1.25 14 350 8433 -29.5 -30.4 92 0.9 -29.6 257 71 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.1 0.87 15 300 9516 -37.3 -39.3 81 2.1 -37.5 257 82 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.42 16 250 10747 -48.0 -48.6 94 0.6 -48.0 255 86 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12176 -59.7 -60.7 88 1.0 -59.7 261 88 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 18 150 13959 -61.6 -77.4 10 15.8 -61.7 265 68 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16440 -67.8 -83.3 9 15.5 -67.9 263 38 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.67 m Freezing level: 618.81 mb = 4123.86 m = 13529.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.45 mb = 3507.99 m = 11509.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.88 mb = 1477.41 m = 4847.10 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2705.41 m = 8875.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.17 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.39 mb = 2053.26 m = 6736.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.39 mb = 3351.64 m = 10996.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.39 mb = 9736.14 m = 31942.34 ft B at Equ Level: 344.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.39 mb = 13169.24 m = 43205.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 46.5 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 490.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 194.54 m/s