MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 36.54,-97.52 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 972 327 18.9 17.5 92 1.4 18.0 142 11 294.5 296.8 292.2 331.9 13.08 2 950 521 18.6 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 152 20 296.0 298.3 292.5 332.9 12.80 3 900 985 17.1 14.0 82 3.1 15.1 182 13 299.1 301.2 292.2 332.0 11.25 4 850 1471 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 207 11 300.4 302.2 291.6 329.6 9.94 5 800 1980 10.9 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 233 9 302.7 304.3 291.0 327.5 8.31 6 750 2516 7.9 2.1 67 5.8 4.8 242 10 305.1 306.3 289.8 323.2 5.94 7 700 3082 4.2 -4.4 53 8.6 0.1 242 13 307.1 307.9 288.5 319.4 3.93 8 650 3680 0.2 -11.1 42 11.3 -4.3 239 18 309.2 309.6 287.8 317.2 2.51 9 600 4316 -4.1 -19.8 28 15.7 -9.0 239 29 311.4 311.6 287.3 315.8 1.32 10 550 4997 -8.2 -25.0 24 16.8 -12.7 235 39 314.3 314.5 287.9 317.4 0.91 11 500 5729 -13.3 -26.4 32 13.0 -16.4 228 46 316.8 317.0 288.7 319.9 0.89 12 450 6522 -18.6 -31.4 32 12.8 -21.1 219 53 319.9 320.0 289.4 322.1 0.62 13 400 7391 -23.6 -39.4 22 15.7 -25.8 206 60 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.31 14 350 8353 -30.4 -45.1 22 14.7 -31.9 195 66 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 15 300 9431 -38.5 -46.5 43 8.0 -39.1 186 62 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10656 -48.1 -57.9 31 9.8 -48.4 194 64 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12096 -57.1 -68.3 23 11.1 -57.3 191 62 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 13885 -60.5 -78.0 8 17.5 -60.7 220 56 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16393 -63.2 -84.1 4 20.9 -63.4 264 30 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.62 m Freezing level: 647.89 mb = 3706.91 m = 12161.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.46 mb = 3099.48 m = 10168.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.42 mb = 499.22 m = 1637.85 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.52 mb = 1396.05 m = 4580.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.60 C K Index: 29.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 474.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.46 mb = 1085.31 m = 3560.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.46 mb = 2576.91 m = 8454.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.46 mb = 9101.73 m = 29860.97 ft B at Equ Level: 474.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.46 mb = 12599.20 m = 41335.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.2 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 257.2 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 24.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.7 neg: -18.3 tot: 52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 6.04 Bulk Shear: 78.67 m/s