MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.74,-97.99 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -97.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 966 384 25.2 17.3 62 7.8 19.8 162 16 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.4 12.98 2 950 533 23.4 16.5 65 7.0 18.7 165 24 301.0 303.2 293.7 337.7 12.49 3 900 1003 19.8 14.4 71 5.5 16.2 176 28 301.9 304.1 293.3 335.9 11.50 4 850 1494 18.8 7.4 47 11.4 11.9 201 29 305.8 307.3 291.4 328.8 7.60 5 800 2013 16.2 4.2 45 12.0 9.3 225 27 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.4 6.48 6 750 2558 12.1 2.6 52 9.5 6.8 241 28 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.7 6.15 7 700 3131 7.5 0.7 62 6.8 3.8 247 32 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.75 8 650 3736 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.6 250 34 311.4 312.5 291.3 328.6 5.52 9 600 4377 -2.6 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.8 259 34 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.3 5.13 10 550 5063 -7.1 -7.5 97 0.4 -7.2 274 26 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.5 3.97 11 500 5800 -11.6 -12.3 95 0.7 -11.9 263 40 318.9 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 12 450 6600 -16.4 -19.6 76 3.2 -17.4 253 42 322.6 323.0 291.3 328.7 1.80 13 400 7475 -22.7 -26.4 72 3.7 -23.5 251 44 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.4 1.11 14 350 8440 -30.1 -31.5 88 1.4 -30.3 248 47 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.79 15 300 9518 -38.8 -38.9 99 0.1 -38.8 249 49 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10739 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.8 250 56 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 12157 -61.4 -61.5 98 0.1 -61.4 254 67 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 18 150 13933 -62.6 -77.0 13 14.5 -62.7 262 64 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16402 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.3 273 47 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.46 m Freezing level: 627.26 mb = 4027.72 m = 13214.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3846.75 m = 12620.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.87 mb = 1375.14 m = 4511.56 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 11.04 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2644.56 m = 8676.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.64 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.99 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 788.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.73 mb = 1711.01 m = 5613.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.73 mb = 3443.30 m = 11296.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.73 mb = 12353.76 m = 40530.23 ft B at Equ Level: 763.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.73 mb = 14192.59 m = 46563.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 295.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 295.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.23 Bulk Shear: 150.97 m/s