MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-98.86 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 486 SFC 945 536 20.4 17.3 82 3.1 18.3 163 19 298.4 300.8 293.6 336.9 13.27 3 900 953 19.2 14.7 75 4.5 16.2 177 38 301.3 303.5 293.3 335.9 11.75 4 850 1445 18.0 11.0 64 7.0 13.6 206 39 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.3 9.76 5 800 1962 14.8 6.5 57 8.4 9.9 224 40 307.0 308.4 291.7 330.0 7.59 6 750 2504 10.7 0.6 50 10.1 5.3 242 42 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.7 5.34 7 700 3074 5.9 -4.8 46 10.7 0.8 249 44 309.0 309.7 289.0 321.0 3.83 8 650 3675 0.7 -7.1 56 7.9 -2.7 243 45 309.8 310.4 288.9 320.7 3.44 9 600 4312 -3.4 -10.9 56 7.5 -6.4 231 55 312.2 312.7 289.0 321.1 2.76 10 550 4995 -7.4 -24.3 24 16.9 -12.1 235 60 315.3 315.5 288.3 318.6 0.97 11 500 5730 -12.3 -32.0 18 19.7 -16.4 241 67 318.0 318.1 288.7 319.9 0.52 12 450 6527 -17.4 -39.0 13 21.6 -20.9 237 72 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.29 13 400 7399 -23.0 -43.4 14 20.4 -25.6 237 77 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.9 0.20 14 350 8363 -29.8 -51.6 10 21.8 -31.6 242 73 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.09 15 300 9445 -37.3 -58.3 9 21.0 -38.4 238 66 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 16 250 10680 -45.9 -60.3 18 14.4 -46.4 238 59 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 17 200 12131 -56.1 -64.4 35 8.2 -56.3 236 47 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13924 -63.3 -77.6 13 14.3 -63.4 247 57 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16413 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.9 261 34 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.71 m Freezing level: 641.17 mb = 3787.25 m = 12425.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.25 mb = 3211.10 m = 10534.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.68 mb = 927.43 m = 3042.71 ft T: 19.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2367.20 m = 7766.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 30.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 685.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.41 mb = 1643.65 m = 5392.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.41 mb = 3010.27 m = 9876.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.41 mb = 9782.83 m = 32095.51 ft B at Equ Level: 684.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.41 mb = 13314.36 m = 43681.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 50.3 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 507.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 503.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 245.51 m/s