MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.66,-98.07 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -98.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 962 409 23.1 18.0 73 5.1 19.6 174 20 299.5 302.0 294.1 339.2 13.60 2 950 521 22.2 17.3 73 5.0 18.9 177 29 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.3 13.18 3 900 989 18.1 16.0 88 2.1 16.7 185 36 300.2 302.5 293.7 337.6 12.80 4 850 1477 14.7 13.9 95 0.8 14.2 197 39 301.6 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.85 5 800 1988 11.7 10.9 95 0.9 11.2 206 42 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.3 10.28 6 750 2527 9.4 8.2 92 1.2 8.7 215 38 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.4 9.15 7 700 3099 7.2 5.0 85 2.3 5.9 231 37 310.5 312.0 292.9 334.5 7.81 8 650 3705 3.0 2.1 94 0.9 2.5 240 39 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.6 6.85 9 600 4349 -1.7 -2.1 97 0.4 -1.9 239 45 314.2 315.2 292.1 331.4 5.47 10 550 5036 -6.3 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.3 237 52 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.3 3.61 11 500 5775 -11.2 -15.6 70 4.3 -12.8 237 54 319.3 319.8 290.8 326.9 2.28 12 450 6575 -16.4 -27.9 36 11.5 -19.0 240 56 322.6 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.86 13 400 7450 -22.5 -35.0 31 12.5 -24.6 239 63 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.49 14 350 8416 -29.6 -34.6 62 5.0 -30.3 234 66 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.0 0.58 15 300 9495 -38.7 -40.1 86 1.5 -38.8 238 70 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.39 16 250 10722 -48.0 -54.0 50 6.0 -48.3 245 82 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12155 -58.0 -63.8 47 5.8 -58.2 247 85 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 13951 -61.6 -77.4 10 15.8 -61.7 248 65 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16421 -67.8 -83.4 9 15.6 -67.9 269 43 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.71 m Freezing level: 618.22 mb = 4114.30 m = 13498.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.78 mb = 4062.22 m = 13327.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.36 mb = 1052.07 m = 3451.64 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1394.76 m = 4575.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 37.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.52 mb = 1253.54 m = 4112.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.52 mb = 1601.54 m = 5254.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.52 mb = 2894.08 m = 9494.88 ft B at Equ Level: 19.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.52 mb = 14052.28 m = 46102.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 255.3 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): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.63 Bulk Rich Number: 6.88 Bulk Shear: 126.57 m/s