MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.09,-97.96 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -97.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 962 379 20.7 18.2 86 2.5 19.0 161 22 297.1 299.6 293.6 337.0 13.80 2 950 484 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.6 162 33 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.3 13.59 3 900 950 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 175 47 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.3 13.07 4 850 1440 16.6 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 196 53 303.6 305.7 293.7 337.7 11.49 5 800 1955 13.9 9.6 75 4.3 11.2 211 53 305.9 307.7 292.9 334.3 9.42 6 750 2497 10.7 5.4 70 5.3 7.6 229 57 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.1 7.51 7 700 3069 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 4.8 241 64 309.8 311.1 292.1 331.5 7.05 8 650 3673 2.7 0.0 83 2.6 1.3 250 65 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.5 5.91 9 600 4317 -0.9 -11.2 45 10.3 -5.1 246 64 315.1 315.7 290.0 324.0 2.71 10 550 5006 -4.5 -23.1 22 18.6 -10.1 245 67 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.08 11 500 5750 -9.1 -27.3 21 18.2 -13.8 248 64 322.0 322.1 290.2 324.9 0.82 12 450 6555 -14.8 -32.1 21 17.3 -18.4 248 62 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.7 0.57 13 400 7435 -21.3 -37.9 21 16.6 -23.9 251 57 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 14 350 8404 -29.3 -45.6 19 16.3 -31.0 252 59 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.18 15 300 9484 -38.0 -51.6 23 13.6 -38.9 254 69 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 16 250 10714 -46.8 -59.3 23 12.5 -47.3 255 68 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12163 -55.7 -67.6 21 11.9 -55.9 255 67 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13957 -63.8 -76.7 16 12.9 -63.8 251 66 360.2 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.6 -67.1 257 51 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.78 m Freezing level: 612.04 mb = 4161.87 m = 13654.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.75 mb = 3801.13 m = 12470.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.15 mb = 693.91 m = 2276.57 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.21 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.84 mb = 1798.72 m = 5901.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.09 mb = 1132.02 m = 3713.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.09 mb = 2996.79 m = 9831.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.09 mb = 10816.29 m = 35486.09 ft B at Equ Level: 579.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.09 mb = 13321.24 m = 43704.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 58.9 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1060.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1060.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 353.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.9 stream: 14.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 399.19 m/s