MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 35.06,-96.34 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 972 260 26.4 16.9 56 9.5 19.9 188 20 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.0 12.54 2 950 459 26.0 16.2 55 9.7 19.4 189 36 303.6 305.8 294.4 340.1 12.31 3 900 933 22.4 15.0 63 7.4 17.4 195 45 304.6 306.8 294.4 340.4 12.01 4 850 1430 20.6 11.3 55 9.3 14.6 225 43 307.7 309.6 293.8 337.9 9.95 5 800 1951 17.1 5.9 48 11.2 10.4 242 41 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.8 7.31 6 750 2497 12.5 1.7 48 10.8 6.5 248 45 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.0 5.77 7 700 3070 7.2 -0.5 58 7.7 3.2 247 50 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.9 5.28 8 650 3674 1.9 -4.2 64 6.1 -1.0 245 55 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.7 4.31 9 600 4316 -1.0 -18.5 25 17.6 -6.9 254 55 315.0 315.3 288.7 320.0 1.48 10 550 5006 -4.4 -28.4 13 23.9 -10.7 260 64 318.8 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.67 11 500 5748 -9.7 -29.0 19 19.3 -14.4 262 73 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.7 0.69 12 450 6552 -15.9 -33.2 21 17.3 -19.3 256 75 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.1 0.52 13 400 7426 -23.0 -37.4 26 14.4 -25.2 254 77 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.38 14 350 8388 -31.5 -41.4 37 9.9 -32.6 258 78 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.29 15 300 9457 -40.5 -47.4 47 6.9 -40.9 260 84 328.3 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.18 16 250 10672 -50.4 -55.1 57 4.7 -50.5 256 93 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.09 17 200 12100 -57.6 -64.3 42 6.7 -57.7 251 73 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 13919 -56.5 -79.6 4 23.1 -56.8 279 51 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16430 -65.1 -83.4 6 18.4 -65.2 251 38 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.31 m Freezing level: 616.64 mb = 4102.30 m = 13458.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.00 mb = 3524.91 m = 11564.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.99 C = 91.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.91 mb = 1471.09 m = 4826.36 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 20.44 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.58 mb = 2534.74 m = 8315.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.88 mb = 1823.90 m = 5983.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.88 mb = 2988.80 m = 9805.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.88 mb = 11883.41 m = 38987.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1429.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.88 mb = 14485.50 m = 47524.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 545.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 545.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 181.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.54 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 255.63 m/s