MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.93,-98.31 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 956 434 19.7 15.2 76 4.4 16.8 235 4 296.6 298.7 291.6 329.7 11.46 2 950 490 20.9 15.0 69 5.9 17.0 233 6 298.4 300.5 292.1 331.4 11.35 3 900 960 21.8 13.8 60 8.0 16.5 212 30 303.9 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.08 4 850 1455 19.5 12.1 63 7.3 14.7 220 32 306.6 308.5 293.9 338.3 10.53 5 800 1974 15.5 9.1 66 6.4 11.5 230 28 307.7 309.4 293.1 335.2 9.08 6 750 2517 11.0 4.9 66 6.1 7.5 228 28 308.5 309.9 291.9 330.7 7.25 7 700 3089 7.4 0.3 61 7.1 3.6 224 31 310.7 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.60 8 650 3696 3.5 -5.2 53 8.7 -0.6 232 36 312.9 313.7 290.5 325.6 3.98 9 600 4339 -1.1 -16.4 30 15.3 -6.6 240 39 314.8 315.1 288.9 320.7 1.77 10 550 5027 -5.6 -21.3 28 15.7 -10.4 244 44 317.4 317.7 289.3 321.8 1.27 11 500 5767 -10.5 -24.5 31 14.0 -14.3 242 45 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.8 1.05 12 450 6570 -15.3 -28.6 31 13.3 -18.4 237 48 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.80 13 400 7449 -21.2 -33.7 31 12.5 -23.5 238 53 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.55 14 350 8419 -29.1 -40.2 33 11.1 -30.4 240 57 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.33 15 300 9501 -37.7 -45.1 46 7.4 -38.3 247 67 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.23 16 250 10731 -47.4 -51.0 66 3.7 -47.5 250 79 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.14 17 200 12174 -54.2 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.5 248 88 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14001 -60.3 -79.7 6 19.4 -60.4 249 79 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16470 -69.9 -83.6 12 13.7 -70.0 232 37 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.94 m Freezing level: 612.26 mb = 4181.64 m = 13719.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.40 mb = 3603.11 m = 11821.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.67 mb = 1001.43 m = 3285.50 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.51 mb = 2522.68 m = 8276.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 318.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.74 mb = 1827.94 m = 5997.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.74 mb = 3963.19 m = 13002.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.74 mb = 10243.05 m = 33605.41 ft B at Equ Level: 318.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.74 mb = 12214.57 m = 40073.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.9 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.3 neg: -6.2 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 54.06 m/s