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: 35.24,-97.24 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -97.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 971 334 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 138 13 295.4 297.6 291.8 330.4 12.18 2 950 526 19.7 15.8 79 3.8 17.1 144 25 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.9 11.99 3 900 994 20.2 15.0 72 5.2 16.7 176 40 302.3 304.6 293.8 337.8 12.00 4 850 1486 17.5 12.8 74 4.7 14.4 192 38 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.3 11.01 5 800 2002 13.8 10.1 78 3.8 11.4 205 38 305.9 307.7 293.1 335.1 9.72 6 750 2544 10.4 6.9 79 3.6 8.3 217 40 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.3 8.34 7 700 3115 7.1 3.0 75 4.1 4.8 233 39 310.4 311.7 292.1 331.4 6.81 8 650 3722 3.5 -0.6 74 4.1 1.3 246 42 312.9 314.0 291.9 330.6 5.63 9 600 4367 -1.2 -3.4 85 2.2 -2.3 255 40 314.8 315.7 291.9 330.6 4.98 10 550 5055 -6.0 -8.3 84 2.3 -7.0 257 42 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.72 11 500 5795 -10.8 -18.6 53 7.8 -13.3 255 46 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.76 12 450 6596 -15.9 -26.1 41 10.2 -18.4 256 46 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.8 1.01 13 400 7473 -22.3 -30.9 46 8.6 -23.9 259 48 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.73 14 350 8439 -29.9 -35.4 59 5.5 -30.7 258 54 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.53 15 300 9516 -38.7 -42.3 69 3.6 -39.1 258 58 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.31 16 250 10740 -48.8 -51.7 72 2.9 -49.0 258 62 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.13 17 200 12169 -59.2 -62.4 66 3.2 -59.2 255 60 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 18 150 13941 -64.4 -76.2 18 11.8 -64.5 261 68 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16400 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.0 271 48 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.81 m Freezing level: 612.41 mb = 4206.57 m = 13800.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.69 mb = 3951.98 m = 12965.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.37 mb = 763.09 m = 2503.55 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.77 mb = 2163.30 m = 7097.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 429.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.03 mb = 1375.16 m = 4511.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.03 mb = 4154.14 m = 13628.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.03 mb = 11108.38 m = 36444.39 ft B at Equ Level: 425.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.03 mb = 13315.27 m = 43684.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 636.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 636.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.51 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 246.25 m/s