MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-99.02 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -99.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 482 SFC 948 499 24.4 17.1 64 7.2 19.4 172 21 302.1 304.5 294.5 340.7 13.07 3 900 953 19.7 16.0 79 3.7 17.2 180 37 301.8 304.1 294.2 339.4 12.77 4 850 1443 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 196 40 303.2 305.4 294.0 338.9 12.06 5 800 1958 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 212 40 305.7 307.7 293.7 337.5 10.59 6 750 2499 9.8 9.3 97 0.5 9.5 221 40 307.3 309.1 293.6 337.1 9.88 7 700 3071 7.2 4.2 81 3.0 5.5 232 41 310.5 311.9 292.6 333.4 7.43 8 650 3677 3.2 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 231 49 312.6 313.7 292.2 331.7 6.14 9 600 4321 -1.6 -5.2 77 3.6 -3.3 226 55 314.2 315.1 291.2 328.0 4.34 10 550 5008 -6.1 -17.9 39 11.8 -10.1 226 60 316.8 317.2 289.5 322.5 1.69 11 500 5746 -11.2 -29.1 21 17.9 -15.4 230 62 319.4 319.6 289.3 321.9 0.69 12 450 6546 -16.4 -35.1 18 18.7 -19.9 240 67 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.2 0.43 13 400 7421 -22.7 -39.6 20 16.9 -25.1 244 72 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.6 0.30 14 350 8386 -30.0 -45.6 20 15.6 -31.6 247 76 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.18 15 300 9464 -38.4 -52.0 23 13.6 -39.3 249 79 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 16 250 10691 -47.6 -58.2 28 10.7 -47.9 249 80 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12136 -55.7 -66.1 26 10.4 -55.8 253 79 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13943 -61.5 -77.5 10 16.0 -61.6 258 69 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16424 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.6 259 36 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.13 m Freezing level: 616.88 mb = 4103.46 m = 13462.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.56 mb = 3895.75 m = 12781.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.79 mb = 1414.84 m = 4641.82 ft T: 16.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1850.57 m = 6071.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 38.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1117.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.78 mb = 1495.27 m = 4905.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.78 mb = 2390.18 m = 7841.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.78 mb = 11525.68 m = 37813.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.78 mb = 14374.35 m = 47159.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.5 at 49.0 knts Storm direction: 252.5 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 354.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 6.94 Bulk Shear: 161.07 m/s