MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-97.05 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 966 373 16.4 6.3 51 10.1 10.8 316 16 292.5 293.6 285.4 310.4 6.21 2 950 516 16.1 5.5 49 10.6 10.3 320 25 293.6 294.6 285.7 310.9 5.98 3 900 973 12.8 4.9 58 7.9 8.5 334 34 294.7 295.8 286.1 312.2 6.02 4 850 1450 9.0 3.7 70 5.2 6.2 344 41 295.5 296.6 286.3 312.8 5.89 5 800 1949 5.9 -1.0 61 6.9 2.6 346 40 297.5 298.3 285.6 310.7 4.45 6 750 2475 3.3 -2.6 65 5.8 0.5 333 25 300.2 300.9 286.4 312.9 4.22 7 700 3031 -0.8 -3.9 79 3.1 -2.1 309 27 301.6 302.4 286.8 314.1 4.10 8 650 3619 -4.0 -8.3 72 4.3 -5.7 297 25 304.5 305.1 286.8 314.3 3.15 9 600 4247 -7.9 -13.1 66 5.2 -9.7 288 25 307.0 307.4 286.9 314.3 2.32 10 550 4917 -12.7 -17.9 65 5.2 -14.2 287 26 309.0 309.3 286.9 314.5 1.70 11 500 5636 -18.3 -22.8 67 4.5 -19.4 288 27 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.8 1.22 12 450 6413 -24.7 -30.0 61 5.3 -25.6 285 27 312.2 312.3 286.9 314.6 0.70 13 400 7257 -32.0 -38.8 51 6.8 -32.7 285 24 313.4 313.4 286.9 314.6 0.33 14 350 8190 -35.9 -58.3 8 22.5 -37.0 265 28 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.04 15 300 9253 -39.5 -65.9 4 26.4 -40.5 267 22 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.7 0.02 16 250 10487 -44.0 -71.6 3 27.6 -44.7 274 29 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.01 17 200 11968 -48.8 -76.9 2 28.0 -49.4 297 36 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13826 -56.1 -81.0 3 24.8 -56.5 296 45 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16365 -61.5 -84.1 3 22.7 -61.7 286 26 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.93 m Freezing level: 709.31 mb = 2927.25 m = 9603.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.85 mb = 2584.85 m = 8480.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.27 % Est. max temperature: 20.78 C = 69.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.07 mb = 1644.96 m = 5396.78 ft T: 7.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 2.05 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 732.42 mb = 2666.11 m = 8746.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: 2.33 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 27.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10880.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.84 mb = 1919.67 m = 6298.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.9 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 341.9 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 4.8 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.5 neg: -49.1 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.49 Bulk Shear: 5.34 m/s