MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.42,-97.57 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -97.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 962 371 20.3 18.5 89 1.8 19.1 165 18 296.7 299.2 293.6 337.2 14.05 2 950 479 20.4 17.9 85 2.5 18.7 172 29 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.6 13.69 3 900 947 19.5 14.7 74 4.8 16.3 189 43 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.3 11.75 4 850 1438 17.0 11.5 70 5.5 13.5 204 49 304.0 305.8 292.8 334.1 10.11 5 800 1953 13.9 8.3 69 5.6 10.5 218 46 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.0 8.64 6 750 2494 10.3 5.2 71 5.1 7.4 239 40 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.5 7.43 7 700 3066 6.5 2.2 74 4.3 4.2 255 42 309.7 310.9 291.6 329.6 6.44 8 650 3670 2.3 -1.9 74 4.2 0.2 256 46 311.6 312.5 291.0 327.6 5.12 9 600 4312 -1.5 -9.6 54 8.2 -4.9 253 47 314.4 315.0 290.0 324.3 3.07 10 550 5001 -4.5 -24.1 20 19.6 -10.2 251 51 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.99 11 500 5745 -8.8 -33.9 11 25.1 -14.3 254 53 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.43 12 450 6552 -14.4 -36.0 14 21.6 -18.5 253 56 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.39 13 400 7434 -20.7 -39.3 17 18.6 -23.6 250 57 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.32 14 350 8406 -28.1 -43.2 22 15.1 -29.9 247 63 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.7 0.24 15 300 9492 -36.7 -49.7 25 13.0 -37.7 240 62 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.14 16 250 10728 -46.4 -54.3 40 7.9 -46.7 233 60 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.10 17 200 12172 -57.6 -62.1 56 4.5 -57.7 237 54 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13940 -67.3 -73.7 40 6.3 -67.4 242 54 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 19 100 16393 -63.9 -83.7 5 19.8 -64.1 269 41 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.57 m Freezing level: 619.59 mb = 4060.41 m = 13321.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.08 mb = 3693.40 m = 12117.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.14 mb = 597.13 m = 1959.05 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2043.55 m = 6704.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.74 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 247.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.49 mb = 1352.52 m = 4437.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.49 mb = 3141.87 m = 10307.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.49 mb = 10119.32 m = 33199.47 ft B at Equ Level: 244.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.49 mb = 12701.73 m = 41671.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 655.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 655.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 223.43 m/s