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: 35.29,-97.39 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -97.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 348 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.9 204 15 297.4 299.8 293.3 335.9 13.29 2 950 517 19.7 16.9 84 2.8 17.8 209 23 297.2 299.5 292.9 334.5 12.88 3 900 981 16.1 15.0 93 1.1 15.4 221 28 298.1 300.3 292.5 333.0 12.00 4 850 1466 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 228 30 299.7 301.7 292.1 331.4 10.81 5 800 1975 12.7 0.8 44 11.9 6.4 227 27 304.7 305.7 288.8 320.2 5.07 6 750 2514 10.3 -10.6 22 20.9 1.5 233 30 307.7 308.2 287.1 314.9 2.26 7 700 3083 6.3 -15.5 19 21.7 -1.9 237 37 309.4 309.7 287.0 314.8 1.64 8 650 3685 1.9 -16.2 25 18.1 -4.6 233 43 311.1 311.4 287.6 316.6 1.65 9 600 4325 -2.8 -21.5 22 18.7 -8.5 230 47 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.7 1.14 10 550 5008 -7.4 -34.3 10 26.9 -13.0 229 47 315.3 315.4 287.6 316.7 0.38 11 500 5742 -12.7 -36.7 11 24.0 -17.1 225 46 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.7 0.33 12 450 6535 -19.1 -36.0 21 16.8 -21.9 224 47 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.6 0.39 13 400 7399 -26.3 -37.2 35 10.9 -27.8 221 50 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.3 0.39 14 350 8348 -33.9 -47.4 24 13.6 -35.0 222 60 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.15 15 300 9412 -41.0 -57.2 16 16.2 -41.7 222 70 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.06 16 250 10633 -47.6 -63.9 14 16.3 -48.0 225 79 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12082 -54.5 -68.5 16 14.0 -54.8 229 65 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13911 -57.9 -79.4 5 21.5 -58.1 236 48 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16410 -65.3 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.4 253 31 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.38 m Freezing level: 629.67 mb = 3945.20 m = 12943.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.02 mb = 2759.60 m = 9053.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.60 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.01 mb = 829.71 m = 2722.12 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1136.91 m = 3729.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.79 C = 73.02 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 16.46 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 868.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.15 mb = 1045.73 m = 3430.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.15 mb = 1286.41 m = 4220.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.15 mb = 1583.50 m = 5195.14 ft B at Equ Level: 9.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.15 mb = 1889.80 m = 6200.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.1 neg: -11.0 tot: 126.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 21.90 Bulk Shear: 39.67 m/s