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: 36.2,-98.39 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 436 20.1 18.0 88 2.0 18.7 173 18 297.0 299.5 293.5 336.7 13.73 2 950 490 20.2 17.7 86 2.5 18.5 175 24 297.7 300.1 293.6 336.9 13.54 3 900 956 17.8 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 184 40 299.8 302.1 293.2 335.5 12.18 4 850 1445 16.1 11.5 74 4.6 13.2 198 43 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.1 10.11 5 800 1959 13.4 6.9 65 6.5 9.5 214 43 305.4 306.8 291.4 328.9 7.81 6 750 2499 9.9 2.7 61 7.2 5.9 228 42 307.3 308.4 290.6 326.2 6.20 7 700 3069 6.2 -1.3 59 7.5 2.4 239 46 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.9 4.99 8 650 3672 1.9 -5.1 60 7.0 -1.4 241 49 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.8 4.03 9 600 4312 -2.5 -10.0 56 7.5 -5.6 235 53 313.2 313.8 289.6 322.8 2.97 10 550 4997 -6.4 -17.6 41 11.2 -10.1 235 56 316.5 316.9 289.5 322.3 1.74 11 500 5736 -11.1 -22.9 37 11.8 -14.5 239 61 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.6 1.21 12 450 6535 -16.3 -27.9 36 11.6 -19.0 236 67 322.8 322.9 290.5 325.8 0.85 13 400 7410 -22.3 -32.9 38 10.6 -24.2 236 70 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.60 14 350 8376 -29.4 -40.3 34 11.0 -30.7 238 68 329.2 329.2 291.8 330.4 0.32 15 300 9458 -37.3 -47.0 36 9.7 -38.1 236 61 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.19 16 250 10692 -46.5 -51.3 58 4.9 -46.7 233 55 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.14 17 200 12135 -57.9 -60.1 76 2.2 -57.9 232 51 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 13922 -62.8 -77.8 12 15.0 -63.0 249 61 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16410 -65.9 -83.6 7 17.7 -66.0 262 34 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.01 m Freezing level: 628.46 mb = 3947.81 m = 12951.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3447.26 m = 11309.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.85 mb = 693.77 m = 2276.11 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 1940.30 m = 6365.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.84 F Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 31.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.31 mb = 1272.80 m = 4175.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.31 mb = 3158.90 m = 10363.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.31 mb = 9869.72 m = 32380.59 ft B at Equ Level: 462.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.31 mb = 13060.71 m = 42849.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 495.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 495.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.59 Bulk Shear: 179.48 m/s