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: 35.66,-99.33 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -99.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 467 SFC 937 591 26.3 15.6 52 10.7 19.0 179 22 305.1 307.3 294.6 340.9 11.98 3 900 941 22.3 14.6 62 7.7 17.1 185 35 304.5 306.6 294.1 339.2 11.65 4 850 1435 18.0 13.1 73 4.9 14.8 194 38 305.0 307.0 293.9 338.5 11.20 5 800 1951 13.9 11.2 84 2.7 12.2 205 38 306.0 308.0 293.7 337.6 10.52 6 750 2492 9.8 9.2 96 0.5 9.4 213 39 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.8 9.80 7 700 3063 6.6 5.2 91 1.4 5.8 221 40 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.1 7.94 8 650 3668 2.5 0.9 89 1.6 1.7 223 45 311.8 313.0 292.1 331.4 6.30 9 600 4310 -2.7 -5.2 83 2.6 -3.8 222 52 313.0 313.9 290.8 326.7 4.32 10 550 4994 -7.1 -17.3 44 10.1 -10.5 220 61 315.6 316.0 289.2 321.6 1.79 11 500 5731 -11.6 -30.5 19 18.9 -15.8 227 67 318.9 319.0 289.0 321.0 0.60 12 450 6529 -16.8 -33.5 22 16.7 -20.0 235 72 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.50 13 400 7403 -22.9 -35.8 30 12.9 -25.0 241 75 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.9 0.45 14 350 8368 -29.8 -41.5 31 11.7 -31.2 247 75 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.29 15 300 9447 -38.4 -48.7 33 10.3 -39.1 250 77 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10675 -47.5 -56.6 35 9.0 -47.9 251 81 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.07 17 200 12121 -55.0 -67.5 20 12.4 -55.3 254 79 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13935 -60.5 -77.7 9 17.2 -60.7 259 65 365.8 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16419 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.4 -66.3 261 32 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.86 m Freezing level: 625.66 mb = 3980.66 m = 13059.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.93 mb = 3856.34 m = 12651.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.30 mb = 1936.97 m = 6354.82 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 19.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.42 mb = 2180.29 m = 7153.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.83 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 41.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1151.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.66 mb = 1975.40 m = 6480.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.66 mb = 2462.59 m = 8079.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.66 mb = 11140.83 m = 36550.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.66 mb = 14242.52 m = 46726.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 262.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 9.84 Bulk Shear: 117.04 m/s