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: 35.33,-97.84 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 961 390 19.1 17.0 87 2.1 17.7 162 21 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.4 12.77 2 950 485 18.9 16.7 87 2.3 17.4 162 32 296.4 298.7 292.5 332.9 12.66 3 900 950 17.5 16.4 93 1.1 16.7 176 49 299.5 301.9 293.8 337.9 13.14 4 850 1439 16.7 13.2 79 3.6 14.4 199 54 303.7 305.7 293.6 337.1 11.26 5 800 1954 13.6 9.3 75 4.3 11.0 211 52 305.6 307.4 292.6 333.5 9.25 6 750 2496 10.3 5.9 74 4.5 7.7 225 54 307.8 309.3 292.1 331.5 7.77 7 700 3067 6.4 3.3 81 3.1 4.6 237 60 309.5 310.8 292.0 330.9 6.95 8 650 3671 2.2 -0.5 82 2.7 0.8 246 63 311.5 312.5 291.5 329.2 5.68 9 600 4313 -1.7 -7.8 63 6.1 -4.4 245 64 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.6 3.54 10 550 5000 -5.7 -13.8 53 8.0 -8.8 243 66 317.3 317.7 290.3 325.2 2.40 11 500 5741 -9.7 -16.8 56 7.1 -12.2 244 65 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.1 2.05 12 450 6546 -14.5 -21.8 54 7.3 -16.6 243 63 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.1 1.49 13 400 7427 -21.0 -29.2 48 8.2 -22.7 246 59 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.85 14 350 8396 -29.4 -39.5 37 10.2 -30.7 250 60 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.35 15 300 9476 -38.0 -50.5 26 12.4 -38.8 252 64 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.12 16 250 10707 -46.8 -57.5 29 10.7 -47.1 254 61 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12153 -56.1 -66.3 27 10.2 -56.3 254 60 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13945 -63.7 -76.5 16 12.8 -63.8 252 67 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16413 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.6 -67.1 258 48 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.54 m Freezing level: 621.48 mb = 4036.90 m = 13244.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.42 mb = 3764.74 m = 12351.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.98 mb = 658.99 m = 2162.01 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 12.68 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1853.14 m = 6079.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.51 F Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.87 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.69 mb = 1096.63 m = 3597.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.69 mb = 3070.26 m = 10072.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.69 mb = 10449.87 m = 34283.94 ft B at Equ Level: 378.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.69 mb = 12820.37 m = 42061.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 58.3 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 966.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 966.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 322.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.2 stream: 13.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 360.71 m/s