MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.12,-97.84 Latitude: 35.12 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 72 SFC 966 373 23.1 16.8 68 6.3 18.8 150 13 299.2 301.5 293.3 335.9 12.56 2 950 518 23.7 16.2 63 7.5 18.7 154 24 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.4 12.30 3 900 989 21.3 14.5 65 6.9 16.7 171 36 303.5 305.6 293.8 337.9 11.57 4 850 1483 18.6 12.0 65 6.6 14.4 190 38 305.7 307.6 293.6 337.1 10.45 5 800 2000 14.2 10.4 78 3.8 11.9 202 39 306.3 308.2 293.4 336.4 9.97 6 750 2542 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.2 213 42 307.5 309.2 293.3 336.0 9.41 7 700 3113 6.5 4.9 90 1.6 5.5 225 43 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.5 7.78 8 650 3719 3.5 -0.0 78 3.5 1.7 243 42 312.9 314.1 292.1 331.4 5.89 9 600 4364 -1.2 -2.8 89 1.6 -2.0 252 42 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.2 5.20 10 550 5052 -6.1 -8.5 83 2.4 -7.2 252 48 316.8 317.5 291.3 328.6 3.66 11 500 5791 -10.9 -22.8 37 11.9 -14.3 252 51 319.7 320.0 289.9 323.9 1.22 12 450 6592 -16.0 -29.4 31 13.4 -19.0 255 50 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.75 13 400 7468 -22.2 -33.0 37 10.8 -24.1 257 53 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.60 14 350 8434 -29.9 -37.3 48 7.4 -30.9 258 57 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.44 15 300 9513 -38.3 -45.0 49 6.7 -38.8 258 63 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.23 16 250 10740 -48.2 -53.4 55 5.2 -48.4 259 63 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 17 200 12174 -58.4 -62.5 59 4.1 -58.5 256 58 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 18 150 13950 -64.4 -76.1 19 11.7 -64.6 258 64 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16407 -68.0 -83.5 9 15.5 -68.1 267 49 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.45 m Freezing level: 612.76 mb = 4199.01 m = 13776.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 4007.09 m = 13146.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.21 mb = 1180.95 m = 3874.47 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 13.95 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2230.57 m = 7318.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.30 mb = 1734.28 m = 5689.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.30 mb = 2876.24 m = 9436.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.30 mb = 11552.52 m = 37901.49 ft B at Equ Level: 766.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.30 mb = 14354.70 m = 47094.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 576.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 576.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 192.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.36 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 222.79 m/s