MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.19,-96.89 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -96.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 976 306 24.7 17.8 66 6.9 19.9 159 15 299.9 302.3 294.0 338.6 13.24 2 950 540 22.6 16.5 68 6.1 18.5 164 24 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.8 12.52 3 900 1009 19.3 15.2 77 4.2 16.5 179 30 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.13 4 850 1498 15.9 13.3 84 2.6 14.2 193 31 302.8 304.9 293.4 336.5 11.36 5 800 2012 13.4 8.1 70 5.3 10.2 208 32 305.4 307.0 292.0 331.1 8.51 6 750 2554 10.6 4.1 64 6.5 6.9 221 31 308.1 309.4 291.5 329.2 6.88 7 700 3125 6.6 1.5 70 5.0 3.8 233 33 309.7 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.12 8 650 3729 2.1 -0.6 82 2.7 0.7 245 35 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.63 9 600 4371 -1.8 -3.5 88 1.7 -2.6 258 39 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.6 4.92 10 550 5058 -6.0 -7.5 89 1.5 -6.7 261 43 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.95 11 500 5798 -10.7 -12.2 89 1.5 -11.3 260 46 320.0 320.5 291.7 329.8 2.99 12 450 6601 -16.0 -16.7 94 0.7 -16.2 260 46 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.30 13 400 7478 -22.1 -22.2 99 0.1 -22.1 257 48 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.61 14 350 8445 -29.5 -29.6 99 0.1 -29.5 256 47 329.0 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.94 15 300 9524 -38.5 -39.0 95 0.5 -38.5 250 51 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.44 16 250 10747 -49.6 -49.7 99 0.1 -49.6 252 60 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 17 200 12170 -59.5 -62.8 65 3.4 -59.5 257 66 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.04 18 150 13951 -63.6 -77.1 14 13.5 -63.7 262 68 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16407 -67.5 -83.6 8 16.1 -67.6 268 47 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.52 m Freezing level: 623.17 mb = 4073.15 m = 13363.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3854.56 m = 12646.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.47 mb = 1177.10 m = 3861.84 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1935.85 m = 6351.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 817.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.47 mb = 1423.44 m = 4670.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.47 mb = 3095.56 m = 10155.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.47 mb = 11784.67 m = 38663.16 ft B at Equ Level: 817.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.47 mb = 14263.56 m = 46795.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 4.98 Bulk Shear: 164.09 m/s