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: 35.72,-97.65 Latitude: 35.72 Longitude: -97.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 967 358 23.1 17.1 69 6.0 19.0 155 14 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.3 12.78 2 950 516 23.6 16.4 64 7.2 18.8 161 25 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.9 12.47 3 900 987 20.6 15.0 70 5.6 16.8 176 33 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.2 11.99 4 850 1479 17.6 12.8 73 4.8 14.4 197 35 304.5 306.6 293.6 337.3 10.97 5 800 1995 13.6 10.8 83 2.7 11.8 208 38 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.3 10.23 6 750 2536 10.2 7.0 81 3.2 8.3 218 40 307.7 309.2 292.6 333.3 8.43 7 700 3108 7.2 3.0 75 4.2 4.8 234 37 310.4 311.7 292.1 331.4 6.80 8 650 3714 3.3 0.3 81 3.0 1.7 245 38 312.6 313.8 292.1 331.5 6.03 9 600 4358 -1.5 -3.1 89 1.6 -2.3 246 47 314.4 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.08 10 550 5045 -6.3 -13.5 56 7.3 -9.0 245 52 316.7 317.1 290.2 324.7 2.45 11 500 5784 -10.9 -28.1 23 17.3 -15.0 251 51 319.8 320.0 289.5 322.5 0.75 12 450 6585 -16.3 -33.6 21 17.4 -19.6 254 51 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.50 13 400 7459 -23.0 -33.5 38 10.4 -24.8 254 52 325.0 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.57 14 350 8422 -30.4 -35.6 61 5.1 -31.2 251 57 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.6 0.53 15 300 9498 -39.1 -43.6 62 4.5 -39.5 249 62 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.3 0.27 16 250 10722 -48.5 -54.1 52 5.6 -48.7 252 64 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 17 200 12156 -58.0 -64.2 45 6.2 -58.0 250 68 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13942 -64.3 -75.8 19 11.5 -64.4 257 59 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16400 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.7 261 46 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.21 m Freezing level: 615.83 mb = 4154.06 m = 13628.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 3980.00 m = 13057.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.80 mb = 1123.70 m = 3686.62 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.92 mb = 2047.92 m = 6718.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 37.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 461.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 943.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.98 mb = 1599.99 m = 5249.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.98 mb = 3308.92 m = 10855.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.98 mb = 11456.86 m = 37587.68 ft B at Equ Level: 941.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.98 mb = 14232.32 m = 46693.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 464.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 464.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 198.47 m/s