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: 35.74,-96.31 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 979 256 20.8 18.2 85 2.7 19.0 174 14 295.8 298.2 293.0 334.7 13.53 2 950 510 18.3 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 180 23 295.8 298.2 292.6 333.4 13.06 3 900 972 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 199 25 297.6 299.8 292.5 333.0 12.22 4 850 1457 13.5 12.4 93 1.0 12.8 218 24 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.73 5 800 1966 10.3 9.4 94 0.9 9.8 225 27 302.2 303.9 291.7 329.8 9.32 6 750 2502 8.1 0.5 59 7.6 4.1 234 29 305.4 306.4 289.2 321.6 5.29 7 700 3068 4.6 -9.5 35 14.1 -1.3 242 33 307.6 308.1 287.4 316.0 2.65 8 650 3666 0.5 -13.8 33 14.3 -4.8 239 40 309.5 309.9 287.4 316.0 2.02 9 600 4303 -3.5 -20.1 26 16.6 -8.7 236 47 312.0 312.3 287.5 316.3 1.29 10 550 4985 -7.8 -25.8 22 18.1 -12.5 236 50 314.8 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.85 11 500 5719 -12.7 -28.7 25 16.0 -16.4 233 51 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.0 0.72 12 450 6513 -19.0 -30.1 37 11.1 -21.2 230 52 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.8 0.70 13 400 7377 -25.9 -36.6 36 10.6 -27.5 225 55 321.3 321.3 289.6 322.8 0.42 14 350 8330 -32.8 -44.6 30 11.8 -33.9 216 61 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.21 15 300 9398 -39.8 -52.9 24 13.1 -40.5 213 70 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 16 250 10622 -47.8 -58.2 29 10.4 -48.1 213 76 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.06 17 200 12064 -56.3 -67.0 25 10.7 -56.5 217 67 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13878 -58.2 -79.5 5 21.3 -58.5 238 55 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16384 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.9 -63.3 252 35 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.01 m Freezing level: 643.91 mb = 3743.97 m = 12283.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.18 mb = 2926.11 m = 9599.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.11 mb = 590.35 m = 1936.83 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 916.86 m = 3008.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.38 C = 72.28 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 24.53 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.92 mb = 841.11 m = 2759.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.92 mb = 1667.98 m = 5472.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.92 mb = 10132.60 m = 33243.04 ft B at Equ Level: 817.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.92 mb = 13129.30 m = 43074.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 176.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 104.79 m/s