MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F213.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F213.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 213 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-98.86 Latitude: 35.46 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 21 1 950 464 SFC 947 492 24.3 17.0 64 7.3 19.3 219 10 302.2 304.6 294.4 340.5 12.99 3 900 935 20.6 15.1 71 5.5 17.0 230 19 302.7 305.0 294.0 338.6 12.10 4 850 1426 16.3 13.5 83 2.8 14.5 234 23 303.3 305.4 293.7 337.5 11.53 5 800 1940 12.2 11.3 94 1.0 11.6 237 28 304.2 306.2 293.2 335.7 10.54 6 750 2480 10.6 1.3 53 9.3 5.6 241 35 308.1 309.1 290.4 325.4 5.62 7 700 3051 7.1 -10.4 27 17.5 -0.3 240 41 310.4 310.9 288.2 318.3 2.47 8 650 3655 2.8 -17.0 22 19.8 -4.3 240 47 312.1 312.4 287.8 317.2 1.55 9 600 4296 -2.0 -17.8 29 15.9 -7.4 234 50 313.8 314.1 288.4 319.0 1.57 10 550 4981 -7.3 -17.7 43 10.4 -10.8 229 54 315.4 315.7 289.1 321.1 1.72 11 500 5715 -13.2 -18.9 62 5.7 -14.9 228 58 317.0 317.3 289.6 322.7 1.72 12 450 6509 -18.3 -24.6 58 6.3 -19.8 226 62 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.2 1.15 13 400 7377 -25.0 -35.4 37 10.4 -26.6 220 64 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.47 14 350 8331 -32.6 -39.7 49 7.1 -33.4 222 69 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.35 15 300 9399 -40.5 -49.2 39 8.7 -41.0 219 77 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.14 16 250 10619 -47.6 -57.7 31 10.0 -48.0 203 76 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.06 17 200 12071 -54.2 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.4 211 75 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13893 -59.8 -71.9 19 12.1 -60.0 212 54 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.1 0.02 19 100 16374 -66.0 -83.6 7 17.5 -66.1 252 50 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.15 m Freezing level: 620.75 mb = 4029.76 m = 13220.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.33 mb = 3023.11 m = 9918.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.11 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.53 mb = 1421.01 m = 4662.07 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.29 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.29 mb = 1758.75 m = 5770.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.86 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -5.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 26.69 C K Index: 25.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1429.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.61 mb = 1621.83 m = 5320.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.61 mb = 1880.59 m = 6169.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.61 mb = 2198.75 m = 7213.67 ft B at Equ Level: 5.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 735.61 mb = 2639.96 m = 8661.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 98.55 m/s