MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.12,-97.37 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 970 340 23.8 17.4 67 6.4 19.4 161 16 299.5 301.8 293.6 337.3 12.95 2 950 524 23.7 16.6 64 7.2 18.9 163 28 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.3 12.58 3 900 995 20.9 14.8 68 6.0 16.8 176 38 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.86 4 850 1488 17.7 12.4 71 5.3 14.3 192 36 304.7 306.7 293.5 336.8 10.73 5 800 2004 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 208 35 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.5 10.10 6 750 2546 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 220 37 307.8 309.5 292.8 334.0 8.60 7 700 3118 6.9 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 234 37 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.7 6.97 8 650 3723 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 1.9 251 39 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.0 6.32 9 600 4367 -1.1 -2.9 88 1.8 -2.0 256 43 314.9 315.9 292.0 331.2 5.16 10 550 5056 -5.7 -10.8 67 5.1 -7.8 252 48 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.3 3.05 11 500 5796 -10.7 -20.7 44 10.0 -13.7 253 47 320.0 320.3 290.3 325.1 1.48 12 450 6598 -16.0 -27.4 37 11.4 -18.7 258 48 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.3 0.89 13 400 7473 -22.8 -29.5 54 6.7 -24.1 256 52 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.83 14 350 8438 -30.0 -32.6 78 2.6 -30.4 252 55 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.8 0.70 15 300 9515 -38.6 -43.1 62 4.6 -38.9 250 57 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 16 250 10741 -48.1 -53.6 53 5.4 -48.4 252 61 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 17 200 12174 -59.1 -62.3 66 3.2 -59.2 251 63 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 18 150 13953 -64.3 -76.6 17 12.3 -64.4 260 68 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.3 0.01 19 100 16408 -67.6 -83.6 9 16.0 -67.7 265 49 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.40 m Freezing level: 613.43 mb = 4194.22 m = 13760.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4032.29 m = 13229.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.25 mb = 1156.93 m = 3795.67 ft T: 19.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2146.47 m = 7042.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 37.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 886.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.58 mb = 1623.13 m = 5325.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.58 mb = 3098.87 m = 10166.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.58 mb = 11812.88 m = 38755.68 ft B at Equ Level: 883.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.58 mb = 14303.16 m = 46925.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 458.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 198.96 m/s