MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-97.05 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 975 291 21.3 18.3 83 3.0 19.2 191 11 296.5 299.0 293.3 336.0 13.68 2 950 518 20.4 17.0 81 3.4 18.1 195 18 297.9 300.2 293.2 335.4 12.95 3 900 984 17.1 15.1 88 2.1 15.8 206 20 299.1 301.3 292.9 334.3 12.04 4 850 1470 14.1 12.7 91 1.4 13.2 214 21 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.1 10.94 5 800 1980 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.5 219 20 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.1 9.60 6 750 2518 8.5 6.5 87 2.0 7.3 227 20 305.9 307.4 291.8 330.4 8.14 7 700 3086 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 233 21 307.9 309.2 291.5 329.3 7.00 8 650 3687 1.4 0.5 93 1.0 0.9 233 24 310.6 311.7 291.6 329.5 6.11 9 600 4327 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.8 228 33 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.09 10 550 5012 -7.8 -8.4 95 0.6 -8.1 225 40 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.6 3.68 11 500 5746 -12.1 -16.1 72 4.0 -13.5 230 40 318.3 318.7 290.4 325.5 2.17 12 450 6545 -16.8 -19.9 77 3.1 -17.7 231 40 322.1 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.75 13 400 7418 -23.3 -24.6 89 1.3 -23.6 228 41 324.7 325.0 291.5 329.2 1.30 14 350 8380 -31.0 -32.1 90 1.1 -31.2 227 57 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.6 0.74 15 300 9454 -38.6 -39.3 94 0.6 -38.7 222 77 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.42 16 250 10683 -47.0 -47.5 94 0.5 -47.1 216 79 336.1 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.21 17 200 12122 -58.2 -58.9 92 0.7 -58.3 214 86 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.07 18 150 13907 -61.8 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 242 45 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16386 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.3 250 32 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.71 m Freezing level: 632.01 mb = 3917.43 m = 12852.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.53 mb = 3842.01 m = 12604.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.53 mb = 668.93 m = 2194.64 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.04 mb = 1320.79 m = 4333.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 661.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.35 mb = 1085.01 m = 3559.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.35 mb = 2252.05 m = 7388.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.35 mb = 10306.66 m = 33814.09 ft B at Equ Level: 655.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.35 mb = 13339.96 m = 43765.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 22.23 Bulk Shear: 29.75 m/s