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: 35.6,-97.6 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 966 368 23.4 17.3 68 6.2 19.2 157 15 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.2 12.92 2 950 517 23.7 16.7 65 7.0 18.9 161 26 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.5 12.69 3 900 988 20.6 15.2 71 5.4 17.0 176 35 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.7 12.13 4 850 1480 17.6 12.8 74 4.8 14.5 196 36 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.5 11.02 5 800 1996 13.7 10.8 83 2.9 11.9 209 38 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.4 10.23 6 750 2537 10.3 7.1 80 3.2 8.3 219 41 307.8 309.3 292.6 333.5 8.46 7 700 3110 7.3 2.8 73 4.5 4.8 235 37 310.6 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.72 8 650 3716 3.4 0.2 79 3.2 1.7 248 37 312.8 313.9 292.1 331.5 5.97 9 600 4361 -1.4 -3.0 89 1.6 -2.1 248 46 314.6 315.5 291.9 330.8 5.13 10 550 5048 -6.2 -12.8 60 6.6 -8.7 247 51 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.2 2.60 11 500 5787 -10.8 -27.5 24 16.7 -14.9 252 50 319.9 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.80 12 450 6588 -16.2 -33.2 22 17.0 -19.6 255 51 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.52 13 400 7462 -23.1 -32.5 42 9.5 -24.8 255 52 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.62 14 350 8425 -30.4 -34.6 67 4.2 -31.0 251 56 327.7 327.8 291.7 329.8 0.58 15 300 9502 -39.1 -43.4 64 4.3 -39.4 248 61 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.3 0.27 16 250 10726 -48.4 -54.5 49 6.1 -48.6 251 63 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 17 200 12160 -58.2 -64.1 47 5.9 -58.3 249 68 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 18 150 13944 -64.3 -75.9 19 11.6 -64.4 258 62 359.2 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16402 -67.8 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.9 262 47 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.16 m Freezing level: 614.28 mb = 4176.49 m = 13702.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.20 mb = 3990.75 m = 13092.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.61 mb = 1156.05 m = 3792.77 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 7.30 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2033.00 m = 6669.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 36.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1018.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.01 mb = 1590.92 m = 5219.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.01 mb = 3298.67 m = 10822.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.01 mb = 11724.52 m = 38465.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1013.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.01 mb = 14627.47 m = 47989.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 474.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 474.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 5.04 Bulk Shear: 202.25 m/s