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: 36.36,-97.84 Latitude: 36.36 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 968 361 21.0 18.1 84 2.9 19.1 124 11 296.9 299.4 293.4 336.3 13.65 2 950 524 21.1 17.8 81 3.3 18.8 133 21 298.6 301.1 293.9 338.3 13.63 3 900 992 19.2 15.9 81 3.3 17.0 173 23 301.3 303.6 294.0 338.8 12.73 4 850 1483 17.1 13.2 78 3.9 14.6 199 30 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.7 11.30 5 800 1998 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 12.0 205 39 305.7 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.38 6 750 2540 10.3 6.4 76 4.0 8.0 213 38 307.8 309.3 292.3 332.3 8.04 7 700 3112 7.4 1.0 64 6.4 3.9 227 32 310.7 311.8 291.4 329.0 5.88 8 650 3718 3.6 -1.6 69 5.2 0.9 252 24 313.0 314.0 291.6 329.5 5.25 9 600 4363 -1.0 -6.0 69 5.0 -3.3 256 20 314.9 315.7 291.2 328.0 4.08 10 550 5051 -6.0 -12.8 59 6.8 -8.6 260 30 316.9 317.4 290.4 325.5 2.60 11 500 5790 -10.8 -20.9 43 10.1 -13.8 255 38 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.8 1.44 12 450 6592 -16.2 -26.4 41 10.2 -18.7 250 38 322.8 323.0 290.6 326.3 0.98 13 400 7466 -23.2 -30.8 50 7.6 -24.6 249 43 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.73 14 350 8428 -30.5 -32.4 83 1.9 -30.8 244 53 327.6 327.8 291.8 330.3 0.72 15 300 9505 -39.0 -39.6 94 0.6 -39.1 249 61 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.41 16 250 10727 -49.5 -49.8 97 0.3 -49.5 252 71 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.16 17 200 12147 -60.8 -61.2 95 0.4 -60.9 249 72 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.05 18 150 13921 -63.4 -77.4 13 14.1 -63.5 261 64 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16391 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.4 -66.3 271 45 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.37 m Freezing level: 611.11 mb = 4219.86 m = 13844.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.08 mb = 3854.72 m = 12646.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.11 mb = 725.85 m = 2381.36 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.80 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1846.18 m = 6056.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1118.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.36 mb = 1250.06 m = 4101.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.36 mb = 3368.77 m = 11052.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.36 mb = 12517.10 m = 41066.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.36 mb = 14870.08 m = 48785.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 406.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 406.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.61 Bulk Rich Number: 6.99 Bulk Shear: 160.11 m/s