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: 36.74,-97.21 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 970 328 23.3 16.0 64 7.3 18.4 174 16 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.8 11.89 2 950 506 23.8 15.1 58 8.7 18.0 182 30 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.42 3 900 978 21.9 13.1 58 8.7 16.1 198 42 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.7 10.61 4 850 1472 19.2 10.5 57 8.7 13.7 216 43 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.41 5 800 1990 15.7 6.3 54 9.4 10.1 231 41 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.8 7.51 6 750 2534 11.0 3.0 57 8.1 6.5 241 41 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.0 6.32 7 700 3105 6.1 -0.1 65 6.2 2.9 250 43 309.2 310.3 290.6 326.1 5.44 8 650 3707 0.9 -4.6 67 5.5 -1.7 253 44 310.0 310.8 289.7 323.1 4.17 9 600 4344 -3.4 -15.7 38 12.3 -7.7 249 49 312.2 312.6 288.2 318.4 1.88 10 550 5028 -6.6 -29.5 14 22.9 -12.2 249 54 316.2 316.4 288.2 318.4 0.60 11 500 5765 -11.6 -34.5 13 22.8 -16.2 248 57 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.41 12 450 6564 -17.1 -36.0 18 18.9 -20.4 249 63 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.2 0.39 13 400 7435 -23.8 -35.7 33 11.9 -25.7 251 66 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.45 14 350 8398 -29.9 -37.1 50 7.1 -30.9 253 76 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.45 15 300 9478 -37.6 -39.2 85 1.6 -37.7 255 89 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.43 16 250 10707 -48.3 -51.0 74 2.7 -48.4 256 90 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.14 17 200 12141 -57.7 -64.3 43 6.6 -57.8 258 77 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 13941 -61.3 -78.3 9 17.0 -61.4 265 55 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.1 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.2 260 36 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.15 m Freezing level: 639.54 mb = 3840.17 m = 12598.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.37 mb = 3480.36 m = 11418.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.37 C = 88.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.14 mb = 1259.57 m = 4132.39 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.68 mb = 2570.69 m = 8433.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 625.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.29 mb = 1891.75 m = 6206.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.29 mb = 3171.42 m = 10404.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.29 mb = 10855.44 m = 35614.54 ft B at Equ Level: 622.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.29 mb = 13371.80 m = 43870.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 523.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 523.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.90 Bulk Rich Number: 3.38 Bulk Shear: 184.88 m/s