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: 36.47,-97.05 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 972 294 17.5 15.4 87 2.1 16.2 130 17 293.1 295.1 290.5 325.6 11.41 2 950 490 16.1 14.5 91 1.5 15.1 131 29 293.5 295.5 290.3 325.0 11.02 3 900 950 16.4 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 171 41 298.4 300.7 293.1 335.2 12.66 4 850 1438 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 191 40 302.4 304.5 293.6 337.0 11.69 5 800 1951 12.6 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 204 35 304.6 306.6 293.3 336.1 10.51 6 750 2490 9.1 8.7 97 0.4 8.9 213 33 306.4 308.2 293.0 335.0 9.46 7 700 3060 5.8 5.4 97 0.5 5.5 220 28 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.5 8.04 8 650 3664 2.8 0.2 83 2.6 1.4 230 27 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.9 5.98 9 600 4308 -1.5 -5.1 77 3.6 -3.2 235 39 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.3 4.37 10 550 4996 -5.6 -16.1 43 10.5 -9.4 236 56 317.4 317.8 290.0 324.0 1.98 11 500 5735 -11.0 -20.5 45 9.5 -13.9 239 56 319.6 319.9 290.2 324.7 1.49 12 450 6535 -16.7 -24.3 52 7.7 -18.6 241 52 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.4 1.19 13 400 7409 -23.0 -28.4 61 5.4 -24.2 241 51 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.92 14 350 8372 -30.1 -32.7 78 2.7 -30.5 241 56 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.70 15 300 9453 -37.0 -37.1 99 0.1 -37.0 252 77 333.3 333.4 293.1 335.3 0.53 16 250 10687 -47.1 -47.1 100 0.0 -47.1 259 90 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.22 17 200 12123 -59.1 -59.2 99 0.1 -59.1 253 86 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 18 150 13901 -64.0 -73.7 26 9.6 -64.1 253 64 359.7 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16367 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 273 48 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.48 m Freezing level: 617.17 mb = 4086.91 m = 13408.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.50 mb = 3858.41 m = 12658.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.14 mb = 560.27 m = 1838.13 ft T: 16.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.57 mb = 1849.96 m = 6069.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 39.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.33 mb = 899.35 m = 2950.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.33 mb = 5729.70 m = 18798.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 370.33 mb = 7964.84 m = 26131.03 ft B at Equ Level: 50.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.33 mb = 9215.79 m = 30235.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 546.2 neg: -14.1 tot: 532.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 260.47 m/s