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: 35.29,-96.76 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 974 294 22.4 17.9 76 4.5 19.4 182 14 297.8 300.3 293.5 336.6 13.37 2 950 505 20.5 16.7 79 3.7 17.9 191 21 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.8 12.70 3 900 971 17.0 14.9 87 2.1 15.6 208 24 299.1 301.2 292.7 333.8 11.90 4 850 1457 14.0 12.3 90 1.6 12.9 225 26 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.2 10.66 5 800 1966 10.9 8.7 87 2.1 9.6 233 28 302.7 304.4 291.5 329.1 8.88 6 750 2503 8.4 0.0 56 8.3 4.1 237 32 305.7 306.6 289.2 321.3 5.12 7 700 3069 5.0 -9.1 35 14.1 -1.0 240 38 308.0 308.5 287.6 316.7 2.74 8 650 3669 1.3 -14.7 29 15.9 -4.6 235 44 310.4 310.7 287.6 316.5 1.89 9 600 4308 -2.9 -21.9 22 19.0 -8.7 234 47 312.8 313.0 287.6 316.5 1.10 10 550 4991 -7.4 -26.1 21 18.7 -12.3 234 48 315.3 315.5 288.1 318.1 0.83 11 500 5725 -12.7 -28.6 25 15.9 -16.3 232 49 317.6 317.7 288.8 320.1 0.72 12 450 6519 -19.2 -29.9 38 10.8 -21.3 230 49 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.7 0.71 13 400 7382 -26.2 -36.3 38 10.1 -27.6 228 49 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.5 0.43 14 350 8334 -33.2 -45.3 29 12.1 -34.3 223 53 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.19 15 300 9401 -40.0 -54.0 21 14.0 -40.8 218 64 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 16 250 10624 -47.8 -59.6 25 11.8 -48.2 216 72 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 17 200 12067 -55.7 -68.0 20 12.4 -55.9 221 62 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13886 -58.1 -79.4 5 21.4 -58.3 238 54 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16388 -63.9 -83.8 5 20.0 -64.0 252 38 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.64 m Freezing level: 634.78 mb = 3863.60 m = 12675.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.69 mb = 2956.27 m = 9698.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.27 mb = 863.58 m = 2833.22 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.13 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.33 mb = 1344.14 m = 4409.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.00 C K Index: 24.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 950.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.27 mb = 1130.23 m = 3708.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.27 mb = 1776.62 m = 5828.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.27 mb = 10405.54 m = 34138.50 ft B at Equ Level: 948.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.27 mb = 13547.00 m = 44444.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 84.93 m/s