MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0000Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.73,-97.6 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 965 353 24.2 15.9 60 8.4 18.7 188 9 300.4 302.6 293.1 335.2 11.85 2 950 490 27.0 14.5 46 12.4 18.7 190 20 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.4 11.01 3 900 965 23.0 13.5 55 9.5 16.7 196 24 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.86 4 850 1460 18.5 12.5 68 6.0 14.6 204 25 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.79 5 800 1977 15.0 10.7 75 4.3 12.3 218 26 307.2 309.1 293.8 337.9 10.17 6 750 2524 13.3 5.3 58 8.0 8.6 231 27 311.0 312.4 292.8 334.1 7.48 7 700 3100 8.8 2.1 63 6.7 5.1 237 30 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.1 6.37 8 650 3709 4.2 -2.4 62 6.5 0.8 248 35 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.3 4.94 9 600 4355 -0.2 -12.8 38 12.6 -5.2 252 38 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.38 10 550 5045 -4.8 -20.3 29 15.5 -9.8 248 39 318.4 318.7 289.7 323.1 1.39 11 500 5787 -10.0 -26.6 24 16.6 -14.3 247 38 320.9 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.87 12 450 6590 -15.6 -31.7 24 16.1 -19.0 246 39 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.60 13 400 7468 -21.1 -38.0 20 16.8 -23.8 248 41 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.36 14 350 8440 -27.9 -44.9 18 17.0 -29.7 250 44 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.20 15 300 9527 -36.7 -48.1 30 11.4 -37.6 250 47 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.16 16 250 10762 -46.6 -53.7 44 7.1 -46.9 249 53 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 17 200 12219 -52.7 -67.7 15 15.0 -52.9 250 65 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14039 -62.4 -77.7 11 15.2 -62.6 247 59 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16485 -70.4 -83.4 13 13.0 -70.5 249 32 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.11 m Freezing level: 602.02 mb = 4328.49 m = 14200.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.04 mb = 3795.57 m = 12452.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.75 mb = 1422.22 m = 4666.01 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 14.78 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.84 mb = 2924.82 m = 9595.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.54 C = 95.98 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 34.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.12 mb = 2082.60 m = 6832.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.12 mb = 4023.68 m = 13200.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.12 mb = 10891.06 m = 35731.40 ft B at Equ Level: 373.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.12 mb = 12708.12 m = 41692.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 5.68 Bulk Shear: 67.49 m/s