MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.22,-97.47 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -97.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 969 352 26.6 12.6 42 14.0 17.5 246 12 302.5 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.51 2 950 520 23.2 11.9 49 11.3 16.0 243 15 300.8 302.5 291.2 328.0 9.25 3 900 988 18.6 10.8 60 7.8 13.8 237 16 300.7 302.4 291.0 327.5 9.09 4 850 1475 14.4 9.0 70 5.5 11.2 235 16 301.3 302.8 290.7 326.4 8.49 5 800 1986 13.8 -3.7 30 17.5 5.2 242 18 305.9 306.5 287.8 317.1 3.64 6 750 2526 10.3 -9.6 24 19.9 1.7 241 20 307.8 308.2 287.3 315.6 2.46 7 700 3094 5.4 -13.1 25 18.5 -1.8 246 24 308.5 308.9 287.1 314.9 1.99 8 650 3694 1.3 -20.9 17 22.1 -5.8 240 30 310.4 310.6 286.8 314.1 1.11 9 600 4333 -3.1 -24.3 18 21.2 -9.1 232 40 312.5 312.7 287.2 315.5 0.89 10 550 5014 -8.2 -31.1 14 23.0 -13.3 228 45 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.2 0.52 11 500 5746 -13.4 -34.3 15 20.9 -17.4 222 50 316.6 316.7 288.1 318.1 0.42 12 450 6538 -19.1 -35.8 21 16.7 -21.9 219 55 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.7 0.40 13 400 7403 -25.6 -34.8 42 9.2 -27.0 220 60 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.5 0.50 14 350 8357 -32.9 -44.8 29 11.9 -34.0 221 65 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.20 15 300 9422 -41.3 -55.3 21 14.0 -41.9 221 74 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.5 0.07 16 250 10638 -48.5 -63.2 17 14.7 -48.9 223 70 334.0 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.03 17 200 12082 -54.4 -68.9 15 14.4 -54.7 225 70 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13910 -58.6 -79.4 5 20.9 -58.8 234 52 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16408 -64.5 -83.9 5 19.4 -64.6 259 30 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.51 m Freezing level: 635.75 mb = 3876.29 m = 12717.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.55 mb = 2798.92 m = 9182.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.95 mb = 2102.26 m = 6897.09 ft T: 13.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.97 mb = 2839.66 m = 9316.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 18.35 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.40 mb = 1992.14 m = 6535.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.40 mb = 4538.96 m = 14891.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.40 mb = 9098.05 m = 29848.89 ft B at Equ Level: 160.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.40 mb = 10784.76 m = 35382.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.9 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 261.9 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.43 Bulk Shear: 36.45 m/s