MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.6,-96.97 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 974 306 18.9 15.2 79 3.7 16.5 148 19 294.3 296.3 290.7 326.4 11.20 2 950 516 16.4 14.3 87 2.1 15.0 152 30 293.8 295.7 290.2 324.7 10.83 3 900 975 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 174 40 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.2 11.81 4 850 1461 14.3 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 193 37 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.7 11.77 5 800 1972 12.1 10.6 91 1.5 11.2 197 34 304.1 305.9 292.9 334.3 10.11 6 750 2511 8.9 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 193 37 306.2 307.9 292.5 332.9 8.83 7 700 3081 6.7 4.0 83 2.7 5.1 190 43 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.3 7.31 8 650 3687 3.1 1.4 89 1.6 2.2 187 48 312.5 313.7 292.5 332.9 6.55 9 600 4331 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.1 -2.9 182 50 314.5 315.3 291.4 329.0 4.56 10 550 5018 -6.3 -11.5 67 5.1 -8.4 188 52 316.6 317.1 290.6 326.0 2.89 11 500 5755 -12.1 -14.7 81 2.7 -13.0 196 56 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.44 12 450 6554 -16.6 -19.0 81 2.4 -17.3 194 61 322.4 322.7 291.4 328.8 1.89 13 400 7431 -22.0 -26.4 67 4.4 -23.0 195 62 326.4 326.6 291.8 330.3 1.10 14 350 8398 -29.8 -42.0 29 12.2 -31.2 200 64 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9475 -38.5 -49.1 32 10.6 -39.2 201 69 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10706 -46.5 -56.4 32 9.9 -46.9 207 82 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12156 -55.4 -64.5 31 9.1 -55.5 218 80 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 13952 -62.6 -77.0 13 14.5 -62.7 218 77 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16452 -63.4 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.6 234 26 405.1 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.49 m Freezing level: 615.87 mb = 4126.41 m = 13537.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.54 mb = 3956.91 m = 12981.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.58 mb = 773.85 m = 2538.85 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1853.64 m = 6081.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 309.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.30 mb = 934.48 m = 3065.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 499.30 mb = 5766.06 m = 18917.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.30 mb = 6075.91 m = 19933.85 ft B at Equ Level: 20.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 429.30 mb = 6904.45 m = 22652.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.7 at 44.6 knts Storm direction: 217.7 at 33.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.5 neg: -6.6 tot: 268.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 81.07 m/s