MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.12,-96.74 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 974 292 22.1 18.3 79 3.7 19.5 183 14 297.4 299.9 293.6 337.2 13.74 2 950 507 20.2 17.1 82 3.1 18.1 192 22 297.7 300.0 293.2 335.3 12.99 3 900 972 16.9 15.2 89 1.7 15.8 209 25 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.4 12.16 4 850 1458 13.9 12.8 93 1.2 13.2 225 28 300.7 302.8 292.5 333.0 10.97 5 800 1968 11.0 8.9 87 2.1 9.7 233 29 302.9 304.6 291.6 329.7 9.00 6 750 2505 8.6 0.2 55 8.5 4.2 238 33 306.0 306.9 289.3 321.8 5.16 7 700 3072 5.2 -8.2 37 13.4 -0.6 240 39 308.3 308.8 287.9 317.6 2.94 8 650 3672 1.4 -13.1 33 14.5 -4.1 236 45 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.5 2.14 9 600 4311 -2.8 -21.2 23 18.4 -8.5 234 48 312.8 313.0 287.7 316.8 1.17 10 550 4994 -7.4 -25.7 22 18.3 -12.2 234 48 315.3 315.4 288.2 318.2 0.86 11 500 5729 -12.7 -28.1 26 15.5 -16.3 232 49 317.6 317.8 288.8 320.3 0.76 12 450 6523 -19.1 -29.6 39 10.5 -21.2 230 49 319.2 319.4 289.3 321.8 0.73 13 400 7386 -25.9 -37.1 34 11.2 -27.5 226 51 321.3 321.4 289.6 322.7 0.40 14 350 8339 -32.9 -45.6 27 12.7 -34.0 223 55 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.19 15 300 9407 -39.9 -54.1 21 14.2 -40.6 218 65 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.08 16 250 10631 -47.7 -60.0 23 12.3 -48.1 217 74 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12075 -55.7 -67.7 21 12.1 -55.9 222 64 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13891 -58.4 -79.4 5 21.0 -58.6 237 56 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16391 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.4 -64.5 253 38 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.13 m Freezing level: 633.33 mb = 3885.44 m = 12747.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.42 mb = 2996.68 m = 9831.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.45 C = 79.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.29 mb = 761.75 m = 2499.14 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 20.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.51 mb = 1255.49 m = 4119.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 25.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 999.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.66 mb = 1060.83 m = 3480.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.66 mb = 1601.32 m = 5253.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.66 mb = 10480.33 m = 34383.88 ft B at Equ Level: 997.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.66 mb = 13657.33 m = 44806.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 11.35 Bulk Shear: 88.01 m/s