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: 35.81,-97.57 Latitude: 35.81 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 40 SFC 966 341 20.4 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 166 13 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.1 13.71 2 950 482 20.3 17.6 84 2.8 18.5 174 23 297.8 300.3 293.5 336.7 13.41 3 900 949 19.1 15.0 77 4.1 16.4 191 38 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.4 11.99 4 850 1440 16.9 11.9 72 5.0 13.7 206 46 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.6 10.32 5 800 1955 13.6 9.0 74 4.6 10.7 219 46 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.7 9.02 6 750 2495 9.7 6.3 79 3.4 7.7 236 43 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.5 8.03 7 700 3065 5.7 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 248 44 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.4 7.02 8 650 3667 1.4 -0.7 85 2.2 0.3 250 43 310.6 311.6 291.1 327.9 5.58 9 600 4307 -2.9 -6.6 76 3.7 -4.6 249 45 312.7 313.5 290.3 325.1 3.89 10 550 4993 -5.5 -17.7 38 12.2 -9.6 246 54 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.4 1.74 11 500 5735 -9.4 -27.4 22 17.9 -14.0 251 53 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.81 12 450 6540 -15.1 -31.8 23 16.7 -18.7 250 54 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.4 0.59 13 400 7419 -21.3 -37.2 23 15.9 -23.9 247 58 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.39 14 350 8389 -28.5 -42.3 25 13.8 -30.2 245 62 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.26 15 300 9474 -36.7 -50.2 24 13.4 -37.7 235 63 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 16 250 10711 -46.3 -55.9 33 9.5 -46.7 224 61 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12154 -57.5 -63.7 46 6.1 -57.6 231 57 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13926 -66.7 -74.3 33 7.7 -66.7 236 56 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.3 0.01 19 100 16385 -64.5 -83.6 6 19.1 -64.7 276 35 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.42 m Freezing level: 633.66 mb = 3876.45 m = 12717.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.78 mb = 3707.09 m = 12162.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.24 mb = 626.79 m = 2056.39 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.31 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.95 mb = 1933.83 m = 6344.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 35.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.23 mb = 1267.54 m = 4158.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.23 mb = 2806.92 m = 9208.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.23 mb = 9888.48 m = 32442.12 ft B at Equ Level: 402.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.23 mb = 13074.95 m = 42896.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 45.3 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 34.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 606.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 606.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.11 Bulk Shear: 191.16 m/s