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: 36.51,-97.48 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 323 25.3 15.5 55 9.8 18.7 191 18 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.8 11.49 2 950 508 25.5 14.6 51 10.9 18.2 192 33 303.0 305.1 293.3 335.9 11.08 3 900 981 22.1 13.3 57 8.8 16.4 198 45 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.4 10.76 4 850 1476 19.4 10.6 56 8.9 13.8 219 41 306.5 308.3 293.1 335.0 9.46 5 800 1994 15.3 7.4 59 7.9 10.5 229 41 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.1 8.12 6 750 2537 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 7.0 242 43 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.4 6.93 7 700 3108 6.0 0.6 68 5.4 3.1 251 44 309.1 310.2 290.8 326.8 5.72 8 650 3710 1.0 -6.1 59 7.1 -2.2 257 45 310.1 310.8 289.3 321.9 3.74 9 600 4347 -3.1 -16.0 36 12.9 -7.6 251 50 312.5 312.9 288.3 318.5 1.83 10 550 5032 -6.5 -27.8 17 21.3 -11.9 250 53 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.8 0.71 11 500 5769 -11.2 -32.7 15 21.5 -15.8 249 58 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.1 0.49 12 450 6569 -16.9 -35.4 18 18.5 -20.3 252 63 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.42 13 400 7440 -23.9 -35.8 32 11.9 -25.8 254 66 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 14 350 8402 -30.0 -35.3 60 5.3 -30.8 255 76 328.2 328.4 291.8 330.2 0.54 15 300 9483 -37.7 -38.0 98 0.2 -37.8 251 85 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.48 16 250 10711 -48.5 -51.6 70 3.1 -48.6 256 88 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12143 -58.5 -63.1 56 4.6 -58.6 258 85 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 18 150 13942 -60.9 -78.1 9 17.2 -61.0 267 60 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16422 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.6 264 35 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.29 m Freezing level: 637.75 mb = 3865.80 m = 12682.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.69 mb = 3455.06 m = 11335.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.88 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.70 mb = 1569.80 m = 5150.19 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.51 mb = 2542.55 m = 8341.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.41 C = 90.34 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 732.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.95 mb = 2015.68 m = 6613.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.95 mb = 3072.92 m = 10081.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.95 mb = 11163.95 m = 36626.70 ft B at Equ Level: 728.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.95 mb = 13819.79 m = 45339.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 46.9 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 35.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 461.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 461.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 4.69 Bulk Shear: 156.09 m/s