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: 35.5,-97.84 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 962 404 24.5 16.5 61 8.0 19.1 160 16 301.0 303.2 293.6 337.2 12.33 2 950 513 24.7 16.2 59 8.5 18.9 162 26 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.25 3 900 985 21.3 14.8 66 6.5 17.0 174 34 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.7 11.84 4 850 1479 18.0 12.6 71 5.4 14.5 194 35 305.0 307.0 293.7 337.4 10.83 5 800 1995 13.9 10.6 80 3.3 11.8 205 38 306.0 307.9 293.4 336.3 10.08 6 750 2536 10.1 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 214 43 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.3 8.81 7 700 3108 7.0 3.4 77 3.7 4.9 233 38 310.3 311.6 292.2 331.8 6.99 8 650 3714 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 248 40 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.1 6.27 9 600 4359 -1.3 -2.3 93 1.0 -1.8 247 48 314.6 315.7 292.2 331.7 5.39 10 550 5046 -6.3 -12.8 60 6.6 -8.8 244 53 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.1 2.59 11 500 5785 -10.6 -30.1 18 19.5 -15.1 252 52 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.63 12 450 6587 -16.1 -34.3 19 18.2 -19.6 254 52 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.46 13 400 7462 -23.0 -33.8 37 10.8 -24.9 255 53 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.55 14 350 8425 -30.4 -35.2 63 4.8 -31.1 251 57 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.7 0.55 15 300 9501 -39.0 -43.8 61 4.7 -39.4 250 62 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.26 16 250 10726 -48.3 -55.1 45 6.8 -48.5 252 64 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12161 -57.8 -64.7 41 6.9 -57.9 249 67 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.4 0.03 18 150 13949 -64.2 -76.1 18 11.9 -64.3 256 60 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16407 -67.9 -83.5 9 15.6 -67.9 261 45 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.84 m Freezing level: 614.47 mb = 4172.13 m = 13687.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4038.56 m = 13249.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.16 mb = 1426.38 m = 4679.65 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 6.86 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2170.93 m = 7122.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.97 mb = 1774.58 m = 5822.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.97 mb = 2921.24 m = 9584.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.97 mb = 11666.75 m = 38276.27 ft B at Equ Level: 986.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.97 mb = 14544.01 m = 47716.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 207.45 m/s