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: 36.14,-98.47 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 954 458 20.0 18.0 88 2.0 18.7 169 18 297.2 299.7 293.6 336.9 13.74 2 950 491 20.3 17.8 86 2.5 18.6 172 22 297.8 300.2 293.6 337.2 13.61 3 900 957 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 183 39 300.2 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.17 4 850 1446 16.5 11.4 72 5.1 13.3 197 42 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.3 10.02 5 800 1961 13.8 6.1 59 7.8 9.3 215 42 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.3 7.38 6 750 2502 10.4 1.4 54 9.0 5.5 232 43 307.8 308.9 290.3 325.1 5.63 7 700 3072 6.6 -2.5 52 9.2 2.1 243 48 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.0 4.53 8 650 3676 2.1 -6.2 54 8.4 -1.7 244 51 311.4 312.1 289.7 323.1 3.70 9 600 4317 -2.6 -11.4 51 8.8 -6.1 237 54 313.1 313.7 289.3 321.8 2.67 10 550 5001 -6.5 -20.8 31 14.4 -10.9 235 57 316.4 316.7 289.0 320.9 1.32 11 500 5739 -11.4 -26.7 27 15.4 -15.2 238 63 319.2 319.4 289.4 322.2 0.86 12 450 6538 -16.5 -32.0 25 15.5 -19.6 235 69 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.58 13 400 7413 -22.6 -36.5 27 13.8 -24.8 234 72 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.42 14 350 8378 -29.6 -44.5 22 14.9 -31.2 237 70 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.21 15 300 9460 -37.3 -51.1 22 13.8 -38.2 235 62 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.12 16 250 10694 -46.6 -53.7 44 7.1 -46.9 231 56 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.10 17 200 12137 -57.8 -60.5 70 2.8 -57.8 231 49 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 13924 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.1 249 61 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16412 -65.8 -83.6 7 17.8 -65.9 263 33 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.37 m Freezing level: 627.24 mb = 3967.61 m = 13016.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.39 mb = 3400.15 m = 11155.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.71 mb = 713.98 m = 2342.41 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2076.16 m = 6811.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 30.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 529.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.62 mb = 1339.95 m = 4396.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.62 mb = 3241.45 m = 10634.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.62 mb = 10033.68 m = 32918.50 ft B at Equ Level: 526.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.62 mb = 13308.21 m = 43661.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 514.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.53 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 201.05 m/s