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: 35.77,-96.56 Latitude: 35.77 Longitude: -96.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 976 277 22.1 17.9 77 4.2 19.2 176 15 297.4 299.8 293.3 336.0 13.34 2 950 506 19.5 16.9 85 2.6 17.7 183 22 297.0 299.3 292.8 334.1 12.83 3 900 969 16.0 15.2 95 0.8 15.4 198 23 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.2 12.13 4 850 1455 13.6 12.5 93 1.1 13.0 218 24 300.4 302.4 292.3 332.2 10.81 5 800 1964 10.4 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 227 26 302.2 303.9 291.9 330.5 9.54 6 750 2499 8.2 -0.7 53 8.9 3.7 235 29 305.5 306.4 288.8 320.3 4.84 7 700 3065 4.5 -9.8 35 14.3 -1.4 240 35 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.7 2.59 8 650 3664 0.6 -15.2 30 15.8 -5.1 237 41 309.6 309.9 287.2 315.4 1.80 9 600 4301 -3.3 -22.6 21 19.2 -9.0 233 45 312.2 312.4 287.3 315.8 1.04 10 550 4983 -7.7 -26.9 20 19.3 -12.5 233 49 315.0 315.1 288.0 317.6 0.77 11 500 5717 -12.8 -29.6 23 16.8 -16.5 232 50 317.5 317.6 288.6 319.8 0.66 12 450 6511 -19.1 -30.9 35 11.8 -21.4 230 50 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.5 0.65 13 400 7374 -26.6 -36.1 40 9.5 -27.9 228 50 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.44 14 350 8324 -33.4 -45.1 30 11.7 -34.4 220 54 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.4 0.19 15 300 9390 -40.1 -53.4 23 13.4 -40.8 216 65 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 16 250 10613 -47.9 -58.6 28 10.7 -48.3 214 72 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.0 0.06 17 200 12056 -55.6 -68.4 19 12.7 -55.9 217 62 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.02 18 150 13876 -57.9 -79.4 5 21.5 -58.2 239 52 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16382 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.1 -63.1 253 35 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.11 m Freezing level: 642.92 mb = 3753.78 m = 12315.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.17 mb = 2900.57 m = 9516.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.82 mb = 810.69 m = 2659.72 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.55 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1103.09 m = 3619.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 24.64 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 941.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.75 mb = 981.17 m = 3219.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.75 mb = 1616.70 m = 5304.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.75 mb = 10254.06 m = 33641.51 ft B at Equ Level: 939.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.75 mb = 13321.21 m = 43704.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 9.99 Bulk Shear: 94.22 m/s