MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.84,-97.54 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -97.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 971 335 19.6 16.5 82 3.1 17.5 176 20 295.2 297.4 291.8 330.3 12.25 2 950 525 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.8 177 35 296.0 298.2 291.9 330.9 12.10 3 900 990 19.8 13.3 66 6.5 15.6 190 57 302.0 303.9 292.7 333.7 10.75 4 850 1483 18.2 10.1 59 8.1 13.1 201 56 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.9 9.19 5 800 1999 14.2 8.6 69 5.6 10.7 209 50 306.3 307.9 292.5 332.8 8.81 6 750 2541 11.0 6.2 72 4.9 8.2 226 43 308.6 310.1 292.4 332.8 7.93 7 700 3113 6.6 3.5 81 3.1 4.9 232 41 309.8 311.2 292.2 331.6 7.07 8 650 3718 2.4 0.4 87 2.0 1.3 239 37 311.7 312.8 291.9 330.6 6.08 9 600 4360 -2.6 -4.7 85 2.1 -3.6 239 37 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.4 4.50 10 550 5045 -7.1 -10.8 75 3.7 -8.6 235 42 315.7 316.2 290.5 325.6 3.06 11 500 5781 -11.7 -14.3 81 2.7 -12.6 237 43 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.1 2.52 12 450 6581 -16.5 -18.8 82 2.3 -17.1 243 43 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.1 1.93 13 400 7458 -21.9 -24.1 82 2.2 -22.4 241 46 326.5 326.8 292.1 331.3 1.36 14 350 8427 -29.0 -31.3 81 2.2 -29.4 242 57 329.6 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.80 15 300 9508 -38.0 -39.1 89 1.1 -38.1 240 54 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.4 0.43 16 250 10735 -48.6 -49.3 93 0.7 -48.6 240 53 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.17 17 200 12160 -61.2 -61.3 98 0.1 -61.2 248 48 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 18 150 13920 -63.8 -77.2 15 13.4 -63.9 256 55 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.3 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.4 270 31 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.14 m Freezing level: 626.01 mb = 4025.83 m = 13207.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.54 mb = 3885.58 m = 12747.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.34 mb = 723.55 m = 2373.82 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.17 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.30 mb = 2493.13 m = 8179.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.79 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 268.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.71 mb = 1424.84 m = 4674.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.71 mb = 3959.45 m = 12990.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 390.71 mb = 7628.33 m = 25027.02 ft B at Equ Level: 174.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.71 mb = 11827.37 m = 38803.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 567.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 567.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 1.55 Bulk Shear: 112.66 m/s