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: 36.81,-97.55 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -97.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 967 345 25.3 15.0 53 10.3 18.4 193 15 301.3 303.3 292.8 334.1 11.13 2 950 502 25.9 14.3 49 11.6 18.2 195 28 303.5 305.5 293.3 335.8 10.86 3 900 976 22.8 13.0 54 9.8 16.3 203 40 305.0 306.9 293.4 336.4 10.49 4 850 1471 19.6 10.3 55 9.3 13.7 220 43 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.31 5 800 1990 15.4 7.2 58 8.2 10.4 230 43 307.6 309.1 292.2 331.8 7.98 6 750 2533 10.7 4.3 64 6.4 7.1 240 44 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.5 6.95 7 700 3103 5.6 1.4 74 4.2 3.3 247 43 308.7 309.8 290.9 327.3 6.04 8 650 3704 0.4 -4.6 69 5.1 -1.9 250 42 309.5 310.2 289.5 322.5 4.18 9 600 4341 -3.6 -16.4 36 12.8 -8.0 245 50 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.8 1.77 10 550 5025 -6.8 -31.4 12 24.6 -12.5 254 52 316.1 316.1 288.1 317.8 0.50 11 500 5760 -12.2 -35.8 12 23.5 -16.7 253 53 318.1 318.2 288.5 319.4 0.36 12 450 6557 -17.3 -41.0 11 23.8 -20.9 250 63 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.23 13 400 7428 -24.0 -40.8 20 16.9 -26.2 251 68 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.27 14 350 8390 -30.4 -41.1 34 10.8 -31.6 253 76 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.30 15 300 9469 -37.6 -39.6 82 2.0 -37.8 255 93 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.41 16 250 10697 -48.4 -49.7 86 1.3 -48.4 256 93 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.16 17 200 12131 -57.3 -65.0 37 7.7 -57.4 258 77 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13934 -60.8 -78.6 8 17.8 -61.0 265 57 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16417 -66.7 -83.4 8 16.6 -66.8 258 34 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.43 m Freezing level: 644.61 mb = 3772.85 m = 12377.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.35 mb = 3478.50 m = 11412.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.06 mb = 1653.87 m = 5426.02 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.43 mb = 2594.64 m = 8512.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.20 C = 89.96 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -3.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 37.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 464.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 790.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 127.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.60 mb = 2132.08 m = 6994.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.60 mb = 2967.53 m = 9735.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.60 mb = 10916.81 m = 35815.88 ft B at Equ Level: 789.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.60 mb = 13467.17 m = 44183.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 438.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.95 Bulk Shear: 132.92 m/s