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,-98.70 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 487 SFC 949 499 20.2 17.6 85 2.7 18.4 166 19 297.8 300.3 293.6 336.9 13.46 3 900 954 18.7 14.8 78 3.9 16.1 181 39 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.7 11.86 4 850 1445 17.4 11.0 66 6.3 13.3 203 40 304.3 306.1 292.6 333.5 9.75 5 800 1961 14.4 5.9 57 8.5 9.4 221 41 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.7 7.30 6 750 2502 10.6 0.3 49 10.2 5.2 239 42 308.1 309.1 290.0 324.2 5.23 7 700 3073 6.3 -4.3 47 10.6 1.2 247 45 309.4 310.2 289.3 321.9 3.97 8 650 3675 1.4 -7.1 53 8.5 -2.4 244 48 310.5 311.2 289.2 321.4 3.44 9 600 4314 -3.1 -11.4 53 8.3 -6.4 234 55 312.5 313.0 289.1 321.1 2.66 10 550 4997 -7.1 -23.2 26 16.1 -11.7 235 59 315.6 315.8 288.5 319.3 1.07 11 500 5733 -12.0 -30.6 20 18.6 -16.1 240 65 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.60 12 450 6530 -17.1 -37.0 16 19.9 -20.5 236 71 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.0 0.35 13 400 7404 -22.9 -41.3 17 18.4 -25.4 235 75 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.26 14 350 8368 -29.7 -49.4 13 19.6 -31.5 239 72 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9450 -37.2 -55.6 13 18.3 -38.3 236 64 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.07 16 250 10685 -46.2 -56.8 29 10.7 -46.6 234 57 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12132 -56.8 -62.3 50 5.5 -56.9 233 48 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.04 18 150 13922 -63.2 -77.7 12 14.4 -63.3 247 59 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16412 -64.7 -83.6 6 18.9 -64.8 262 32 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.03 m Freezing level: 634.72 mb = 3869.96 m = 12696.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3268.44 m = 10723.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.47 mb = 835.58 m = 2741.38 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2273.83 m = 7459.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 29.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.45 mb = 1510.75 m = 4956.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.45 mb = 3090.65 m = 10139.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.45 mb = 9715.89 m = 31875.88 ft B at Equ Level: 593.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.45 mb = 13200.57 m = 43308.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 495.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 495.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 2.66 Bulk Shear: 223.61 m/s