MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-97.72 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -97.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 972 339 25.6 17.1 59 8.5 19.8 179 13 301.2 303.6 294.0 338.8 12.76 2 950 536 23.4 16.4 65 7.0 18.7 185 20 301.0 303.3 293.7 337.6 12.48 3 900 1006 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.6 192 22 301.1 303.4 293.6 337.3 12.29 4 850 1494 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.0 203 22 301.9 304.1 293.3 335.9 11.48 5 800 2008 14.3 6.9 61 7.4 9.9 229 27 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.2 7.83 6 750 2551 11.1 3.6 60 7.5 6.8 237 28 308.6 309.9 291.4 328.9 6.61 7 700 3122 6.3 0.3 66 6.0 3.1 237 27 309.5 310.5 290.8 326.8 5.60 8 650 3725 1.4 -0.4 88 1.8 0.5 245 23 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.4 5.73 9 600 4365 -2.6 -4.8 85 2.1 -3.6 264 25 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.2 4.48 10 550 5051 -6.5 -9.4 80 2.9 -7.8 269 24 316.3 317.0 290.9 327.3 3.40 11 500 5789 -11.5 -14.1 81 2.6 -12.5 268 33 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.5 2.57 12 450 6588 -16.9 -20.1 76 3.2 -17.8 267 41 322.0 322.4 291.1 327.9 1.72 13 400 7461 -23.4 -24.8 88 1.5 -23.7 264 45 324.6 324.8 291.5 329.0 1.27 14 350 8424 -30.5 -30.8 97 0.3 -30.6 258 48 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.6 0.84 15 300 9499 -39.3 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.4 256 57 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.42 16 250 10719 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 252 62 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 12137 -61.6 -61.7 98 0.1 -61.6 255 74 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 18 150 13913 -63.0 -76.6 14 13.6 -63.1 267 61 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16385 -65.4 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.6 277 39 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.72 m Freezing level: 632.34 mb = 3950.85 m = 12961.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.04 mb = 3798.34 m = 12461.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.59 mb = 1408.51 m = 4621.03 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2182.17 m = 7159.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.67 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.07 mb = 1463.70 m = 4802.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.07 mb = 3027.11 m = 9931.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.07 mb = 12517.13 m = 41066.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1155.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.07 mb = 14876.92 m = 48808.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.9 neg: -4.2 tot: 163.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 17.49 Bulk Shear: 67.87 m/s