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: 35.87,-98.23 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 961 419 24.4 17.4 65 7.0 19.5 179 19 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.4 13.08 2 950 515 23.5 16.7 65 6.9 18.8 181 26 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.3 12.65 3 900 984 19.1 15.3 79 3.8 16.6 188 36 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.2 12.25 4 850 1473 15.0 13.7 91 1.4 14.1 197 39 301.9 304.1 293.4 336.3 11.64 5 800 1985 11.6 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 204 41 303.5 305.5 293.0 335.0 10.58 6 750 2523 9.2 8.7 97 0.5 8.9 216 37 306.6 308.3 293.1 335.2 9.48 7 700 3095 7.0 4.8 86 2.2 5.8 232 37 310.3 311.7 292.8 334.1 7.75 8 650 3700 2.8 1.8 94 0.9 2.2 237 38 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.1 6.74 9 600 4344 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 236 44 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.56 10 550 5031 -6.2 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.8 235 50 316.8 317.5 291.6 329.5 3.95 11 500 5769 -11.6 -15.1 75 3.5 -12.8 235 53 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.7 2.36 12 450 6568 -16.8 -32.1 25 15.3 -19.8 236 56 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.57 13 400 7442 -22.9 -37.2 26 14.3 -25.1 238 63 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.7 0.39 14 350 8406 -30.3 -34.9 64 4.6 -30.9 234 67 327.9 328.1 291.7 330.0 0.57 15 300 9483 -38.9 -39.6 93 0.7 -38.9 237 74 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.41 16 250 10709 -48.0 -53.7 52 5.7 -48.3 244 87 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 17 200 12143 -57.6 -64.7 40 7.1 -57.8 245 85 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 18 150 13943 -61.0 -77.9 9 16.9 -61.2 248 64 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16419 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.8 268 40 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.69 m Freezing level: 618.35 mb = 4107.72 m = 13476.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.81 mb = 4056.81 m = 13309.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.63 mb = 1307.33 m = 4289.08 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 11.00 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1580.42 m = 5185.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.28 C K Index: 38.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 898.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.46 mb = 1458.40 m = 4784.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.46 mb = 1812.74 m = 5947.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.46 mb = 3018.48 m = 9903.04 ft B at Equ Level: 18.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.46 mb = 14088.89 m = 46222.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 9.02 Bulk Shear: 99.61 m/s