MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.68,-97.66 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 363 21.4 18.3 83 3.1 19.3 152 16 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.2 13.81 2 950 530 21.1 17.8 82 3.2 18.9 156 28 298.6 301.0 293.9 338.3 13.66 3 900 999 19.8 15.1 74 4.7 16.7 181 35 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.05 4 850 1491 17.4 11.9 70 5.4 13.8 198 37 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.37 5 800 2006 13.7 9.1 74 4.6 10.8 211 38 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.1 9.08 6 750 2547 10.6 4.6 66 6.0 7.1 223 35 308.0 309.4 291.6 329.8 7.10 7 700 3119 7.7 1.1 63 6.5 4.1 239 28 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.4 5.95 8 650 3726 3.7 -1.7 68 5.4 1.0 255 20 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.5 5.21 9 600 4372 -0.6 -6.2 66 5.6 -3.1 263 21 315.5 316.2 291.2 328.3 4.01 10 550 5061 -5.7 -12.1 61 6.4 -8.2 265 34 317.3 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.75 11 500 5800 -11.1 -15.6 69 4.5 -12.7 259 41 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.0 2.27 12 450 6601 -16.5 -20.4 72 3.9 -17.6 254 39 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.2 1.68 13 400 7476 -22.8 -26.4 72 3.6 -23.6 250 42 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.3 1.11 14 350 8441 -29.7 -31.7 83 2.0 -30.0 244 50 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.77 15 300 9521 -38.4 -39.9 86 1.5 -38.6 248 56 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.7 0.40 16 250 10744 -49.3 -49.5 98 0.2 -49.3 253 65 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12167 -61.0 -61.2 98 0.2 -61.0 252 72 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 18 150 13935 -63.2 -76.8 14 13.6 -63.3 263 67 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16404 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 269 48 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.47 m Freezing level: 606.64 mb = 4285.93 m = 14061.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3872.37 m = 12704.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.00 mb = 752.16 m = 2467.67 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.91 mb = 1964.40 m = 6444.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 443.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 893.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.46 mb = 1355.46 m = 4447.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.46 mb = 3620.43 m = 11877.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.46 mb = 12214.38 m = 40072.95 ft B at Equ Level: 892.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.46 mb = 14422.52 m = 47317.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 432.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 428.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 5.64 Bulk Shear: 158.46 m/s