MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.18,-97.90 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -97.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 962 354 21.9 17.5 76 4.3 18.9 153 16 298.3 300.7 293.5 336.8 13.23 2 950 463 21.7 17.2 75 4.5 18.6 154 24 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.3 13.07 3 900 931 19.9 15.2 75 4.7 16.8 178 31 302.0 304.2 293.8 337.9 12.17 4 850 1423 17.4 13.1 76 4.2 14.6 200 32 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.8 11.23 5 800 1939 13.5 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 206 33 305.5 307.4 293.6 337.0 10.49 6 750 2480 10.0 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 215 34 307.5 309.2 293.0 335.0 9.07 7 700 3051 6.2 4.5 89 1.7 5.2 223 36 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.5 7.57 8 650 3655 2.1 0.7 90 1.4 1.3 224 40 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.6 6.19 9 600 4297 -2.2 -4.3 86 2.1 -3.2 225 48 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.3 4.65 10 550 4983 -6.1 -12.5 61 6.4 -8.6 224 56 316.8 317.3 290.5 325.6 2.67 11 500 5721 -11.3 -17.3 61 5.9 -13.3 225 62 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.8 1.97 12 450 6522 -16.4 -19.7 76 3.3 -17.4 228 67 322.6 323.0 291.3 328.7 1.79 13 400 7398 -21.8 -22.8 92 1.0 -22.1 236 66 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.0 1.53 14 350 8369 -28.1 -28.5 97 0.3 -28.2 247 62 330.8 331.0 292.9 334.6 1.05 15 300 9456 -36.3 -36.5 98 0.2 -36.3 253 62 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.56 16 250 10694 -46.6 -46.7 99 0.1 -46.6 255 67 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.23 17 200 12132 -59.2 -59.6 95 0.4 -59.2 258 72 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 18 150 13915 -60.5 -71.6 22 11.1 -60.7 257 53 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.02 19 100 16380 -68.1 -83.2 10 15.1 -68.2 254 44 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.03 m Freezing level: 625.62 mb = 3967.75 m = 13017.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.50 mb = 3835.82 m = 12584.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.74 mb = 905.05 m = 2969.28 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 1905.64 m = 6252.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 40.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 646.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.01 mb = 1402.96 m = 4602.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.01 mb = 2737.71 m = 8981.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.01 mb = 10771.06 m = 35337.71 ft B at Equ Level: 645.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.01 mb = 13631.72 m = 44722.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 312.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 312.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 162.38 m/s