MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-97.87 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -97.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 962 385 28.1 15.6 47 12.5 19.6 198 18 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.4 11.66 2 950 495 26.4 15.1 50 11.3 18.8 198 24 303.9 306.1 293.8 338.0 11.43 3 900 968 21.8 14.1 62 7.7 16.7 201 28 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.7 11.32 4 850 1461 17.2 13.1 77 4.1 14.5 203 28 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.6 11.23 5 800 1976 12.5 11.8 96 0.7 12.1 206 28 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.2 10.95 6 750 2515 9.9 7.1 83 2.7 8.2 223 28 307.3 308.9 292.5 333.0 8.48 7 700 3087 7.3 3.3 76 4.0 5.1 231 29 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.1 6.96 8 650 3694 3.6 -0.1 77 3.7 1.6 244 29 313.0 314.1 292.1 331.3 5.84 9 600 4339 -1.6 -3.1 90 1.4 -2.3 248 36 314.2 315.2 291.8 330.3 5.09 10 550 5026 -6.6 -8.2 88 1.6 -7.3 247 46 316.2 317.0 291.2 328.3 3.75 11 500 5763 -11.6 -21.2 45 9.5 -14.4 243 51 318.8 319.1 289.9 323.7 1.41 12 450 6562 -17.1 -26.5 44 9.4 -19.3 246 54 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.2 0.97 13 400 7434 -23.5 -30.8 51 7.3 -24.9 250 58 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.73 14 350 8396 -30.9 -35.2 66 4.3 -31.5 254 66 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.55 15 300 9470 -39.3 -39.7 95 0.5 -39.3 252 73 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.5 0.40 16 250 10692 -49.0 -53.5 59 4.6 -49.1 253 77 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 17 200 12123 -57.7 -65.4 37 7.7 -57.8 255 84 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 13920 -61.6 -77.7 10 16.1 -61.8 263 67 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16393 -66.6 -83.6 8 16.9 -66.8 273 42 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.20 m Freezing level: 615.63 mb = 4137.26 m = 13573.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.60 mb = 3951.07 m = 12962.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.31 mb = 1951.18 m = 6401.43 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2012.42 m = 6602.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 37.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.83 mb = 1935.04 m = 6348.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.83 mb = 3460.40 m = 11352.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.83 mb = 11546.12 m = 37880.51 ft B at Equ Level: 1047.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.83 mb = 14392.05 m = 47217.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 19.50 Bulk Shear: 54.03 m/s