MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.06,-97.60 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 352 22.7 17.5 73 5.1 19.2 208 16 298.5 300.9 293.5 336.7 13.13 2 950 518 20.7 16.5 77 4.1 17.9 213 23 298.2 300.4 293.0 334.6 12.55 3 900 983 16.7 15.0 90 1.7 15.5 222 26 298.7 300.9 292.7 333.5 11.96 4 850 1468 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 228 29 299.8 301.7 291.9 330.6 10.51 5 800 1977 11.9 3.7 57 8.1 7.3 229 28 303.8 305.0 289.6 322.7 6.27 6 750 2516 10.2 -11.1 21 21.3 1.3 234 31 307.7 308.1 286.9 314.6 2.18 7 700 3085 6.3 -17.0 17 23.3 -2.1 239 38 309.5 309.8 286.8 314.2 1.44 8 650 3687 2.0 -14.9 27 16.9 -4.3 233 45 311.2 311.5 287.8 317.2 1.84 9 600 4326 -2.7 -22.0 21 19.2 -8.5 229 48 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.6 1.10 10 550 5010 -7.3 -34.9 9 27.6 -13.0 229 46 315.4 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.36 11 500 5744 -12.8 -37.1 11 24.4 -17.1 225 45 317.5 317.5 288.3 318.6 0.32 12 450 6537 -19.2 -35.3 23 16.1 -22.0 224 46 319.1 319.2 288.9 320.6 0.42 13 400 7400 -26.4 -36.8 37 10.4 -27.8 223 48 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.2 0.41 14 350 8349 -33.9 -48.5 22 14.6 -35.0 225 60 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.13 15 300 9412 -41.0 -57.4 16 16.3 -41.8 224 70 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.05 16 250 10634 -47.5 -65.2 11 17.7 -47.9 227 79 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 17 200 12084 -54.1 -69.0 15 14.8 -54.4 232 63 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13915 -57.8 -79.4 5 21.6 -58.1 236 47 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16413 -65.0 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.1 261 30 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.91 m Freezing level: 629.14 mb = 3953.74 m = 12971.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.74 mb = 2730.37 m = 8957.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.55 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.34 mb = 998.20 m = 3274.89 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 22.49 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.07 mb = 1250.07 m = 4101.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 14.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 281.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.04 mb = 1163.26 m = 3816.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.04 mb = 1407.54 m = 4617.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 826.04 mb = 1707.79 m = 5602.92 ft B at Equ Level: 5.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 796.04 mb = 2018.29 m = 6621.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.8 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 258.8 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: -3.3 tot: 112.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 24.21 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s