MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-98.78 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 1 950 474 SFC 945 525 29.3 11.9 34 17.5 17.9 145 20 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.6 9.28 3 900 954 26.6 10.7 37 15.9 16.4 153 38 308.9 310.6 293.4 336.5 9.02 4 850 1455 24.0 7.8 36 16.2 13.9 172 40 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.4 7.83 5 800 1981 19.6 5.6 40 14.0 11.2 185 39 312.1 313.4 292.9 334.3 7.15 6 750 2532 15.1 2.9 44 12.2 8.1 200 41 313.0 314.2 292.4 332.7 6.31 7 700 3111 10.1 1.3 54 8.8 5.2 211 42 313.6 314.8 292.4 332.5 6.00 8 650 3722 4.7 -0.6 68 5.3 1.9 219 44 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.1 5.64 9 600 4369 0.2 -3.7 75 3.9 -1.7 228 40 316.3 317.3 292.2 331.9 4.87 10 550 5061 -4.8 -8.8 73 4.0 -6.5 234 40 318.4 319.1 291.7 330.0 3.57 11 500 5806 -7.7 -28.4 17 20.7 -13.0 245 39 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.3 0.74 12 450 6618 -12.9 -41.5 7 28.6 -17.9 240 35 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.22 13 400 7502 -20.3 -39.5 16 19.3 -23.3 238 37 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 14 350 8475 -28.3 -42.0 26 13.7 -29.9 242 42 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.27 15 300 9560 -37.1 -48.0 31 10.9 -37.9 249 43 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 16 250 10794 -46.7 -49.5 73 2.8 -46.9 263 42 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.17 17 200 12243 -55.0 -63.9 32 8.9 -55.2 258 43 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14054 -61.9 -78.2 10 16.3 -62.0 243 37 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16513 -69.0 -82.7 12 13.7 -69.1 235 25 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.42 m Freezing level: 598.07 mb = 4396.17 m = 14422.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.92 mb = 4053.18 m = 13297.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.25 % Est. max temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.90 mb = 2737.33 m = 8980.63 ft T: 13.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 10.14 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.01 mb = 3621.03 m = 11879.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.95 C = 96.70 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.71 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.63 C Cross Totals Index: 15.47 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 252.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.17 mb = 3073.43 m = 10083.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.17 mb = 4663.94 m = 15301.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 518.17 mb = 5526.95 m = 18132.82 ft B at Equ Level: 25.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 458.17 mb = 6479.02 m = 21256.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 493.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 493.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 174.51 m/s