MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36,-97.6 Latitude: 36.00 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 47 SFC 969 320 18.4 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 165 18 294.2 296.4 291.4 328.9 12.15 2 950 487 18.1 15.9 87 2.2 16.7 170 31 295.5 297.7 291.8 330.3 12.07 3 900 952 20.0 12.4 61 7.7 15.1 208 39 302.2 304.0 292.3 332.0 10.07 4 850 1443 17.3 6.9 50 10.4 11.1 223 35 304.2 305.6 290.6 326.3 7.34 5 800 1957 12.9 2.4 49 10.5 7.2 238 32 304.9 306.0 289.5 322.3 5.69 6 750 2494 8.6 -3.1 43 11.7 2.9 250 35 305.9 306.6 288.2 318.4 4.05 7 700 3060 4.1 -7.5 43 11.6 -1.0 252 39 307.0 307.6 287.7 316.8 3.11 8 650 3658 0.1 -7.1 58 7.2 -3.0 239 55 309.1 309.8 288.7 320.0 3.45 9 600 4295 -3.6 -12.0 52 8.4 -6.9 235 63 311.9 312.4 288.8 320.1 2.53 10 550 4978 -7.1 -25.4 22 18.3 -12.0 238 60 315.7 315.8 288.3 318.7 0.88 11 500 5714 -11.5 -28.8 22 17.3 -15.6 240 63 319.0 319.1 289.2 321.5 0.71 12 450 6514 -15.9 -39.0 12 23.1 -19.8 239 66 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.29 13 400 7391 -21.9 -46.6 9 24.7 -24.9 238 65 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.14 14 350 8357 -29.9 -51.5 10 21.6 -31.6 242 63 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.09 15 300 9435 -38.4 -56.8 13 18.4 -39.4 243 58 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.06 16 250 10665 -47.0 -62.4 16 15.4 -47.4 240 50 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.03 17 200 12112 -55.9 -67.8 21 11.9 -56.1 243 47 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13910 -62.8 -77.6 12 14.8 -62.9 244 63 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16409 -64.8 -83.6 6 18.9 -64.9 277 35 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.05 m Freezing level: 648.14 mb = 3681.74 m = 12079.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.62 mb = 2913.50 m = 9558.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.44 mb = 573.80 m = 1882.51 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2202.23 m = 7225.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 135.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 172.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.62 mb = 1486.83 m = 4878.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.62 mb = 2936.61 m = 9634.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.62 mb = 6173.99 m = 20255.64 ft B at Equ Level: 135.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.62 mb = 9885.90 m = 32433.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 404.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 400.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 211.39 m/s