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: 35.32,-96.64 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 284 21.9 18.1 79 3.8 19.3 181 15 297.2 299.7 293.4 336.3 13.52 2 950 508 19.7 17.0 85 2.6 17.9 188 22 297.1 299.5 293.0 334.6 12.95 3 900 972 16.5 15.3 93 1.2 15.7 205 24 298.5 300.7 292.8 334.0 12.20 4 850 1457 13.8 12.7 93 1.0 13.1 223 27 300.6 302.6 292.4 332.7 10.94 5 800 1967 10.7 9.4 91 1.4 9.9 233 28 302.6 304.3 291.7 330.1 9.26 6 750 2503 8.3 1.0 60 7.4 4.5 237 32 305.6 306.7 289.5 322.4 5.48 7 700 3070 5.0 -8.2 38 13.1 -0.7 240 38 308.0 308.5 287.9 317.3 2.95 8 650 3670 1.2 -13.2 33 14.4 -4.3 236 45 310.3 310.7 287.8 317.2 2.12 9 600 4308 -3.0 -20.5 24 17.5 -8.5 234 48 312.6 312.9 287.7 316.8 1.24 10 550 4991 -7.5 -24.7 24 17.2 -12.2 234 48 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.4 0.94 11 500 5725 -12.7 -27.2 29 14.5 -16.2 232 49 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.82 12 450 6519 -19.1 -29.0 41 9.9 -21.2 230 50 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.9 0.77 13 400 7383 -26.0 -35.9 39 9.9 -27.5 226 52 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.8 0.44 14 350 8335 -33.0 -44.5 31 11.5 -34.1 221 56 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.0 0.21 15 300 9403 -39.8 -53.2 23 13.4 -40.5 216 66 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 16 250 10627 -47.7 -58.9 27 11.2 -48.1 216 73 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12070 -55.9 -67.8 21 11.9 -56.1 220 65 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.3 0.02 18 150 13887 -58.3 -79.4 5 21.1 -58.5 237 56 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16388 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.0 -64.0 251 37 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.74 m Freezing level: 635.87 mb = 3850.03 m = 12631.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.11 mb = 2986.59 m = 9798.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.87 mb = 765.63 m = 2511.89 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1173.26 m = 3849.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 944.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.81 mb = 1001.96 m = 3287.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.81 mb = 1639.23 m = 5377.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.81 mb = 10317.10 m = 33848.35 ft B at Equ Level: 942.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.81 mb = 13408.13 m = 43989.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 171.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 10.22 Bulk Shear: 92.37 m/s