MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-97.44 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 964 359 18.8 16.5 86 2.3 17.2 150 15 295.0 297.2 291.8 330.3 12.31 2 950 486 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 145 24 295.4 297.6 291.6 329.7 11.93 3 900 948 15.8 15.1 96 0.7 15.4 165 33 297.8 300.0 292.5 332.9 12.10 4 850 1434 14.3 13.9 98 0.4 14.1 195 33 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.86 5 800 1946 12.6 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 218 38 304.6 306.5 293.3 336.1 10.53 6 750 2487 10.4 8.1 86 2.3 9.0 230 42 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.3 9.06 7 700 3059 6.8 4.3 84 2.5 5.4 236 44 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.48 8 650 3664 3.0 -0.3 79 3.3 1.3 238 47 312.3 313.4 291.8 330.3 5.76 9 600 4307 -1.6 -6.2 70 4.7 -3.7 239 49 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.1 4.00 10 550 4994 -7.0 -10.7 74 3.8 -8.5 240 51 315.8 316.4 290.5 325.8 3.06 11 500 5729 -12.0 -14.3 83 2.3 -12.8 240 52 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.53 12 450 6528 -16.5 -20.5 71 4.0 -17.7 232 55 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.1 1.66 13 400 7403 -22.8 -26.5 72 3.6 -23.7 225 56 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.10 14 350 8366 -30.3 -32.6 80 2.3 -30.7 220 57 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.71 15 300 9443 -38.3 -38.8 95 0.5 -38.4 218 60 331.3 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.44 16 250 10673 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 206 74 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.6 0.23 17 200 12118 -56.7 -56.7 99 0.1 -56.7 207 83 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.4 0.09 18 150 13884 -68.6 -69.2 92 0.6 -68.6 220 82 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16363 -62.9 -83.9 4 21.0 -63.0 255 37 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.64 m Freezing level: 617.24 mb = 4085.74 m = 13404.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.37 mb = 3821.85 m = 12538.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.70 mb = 652.59 m = 2141.03 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1527.76 m = 5012.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 189.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.73 mb = 979.30 m = 3212.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.73 mb = 4416.91 m = 14491.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.73 mb = 9175.28 m = 30102.25 ft B at Equ Level: 187.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.73 mb = 11164.48 m = 36628.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 43.6 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 32.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 519.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 519.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 262.84 m/s