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: 35.94,-99.14 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -99.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 468 SFC 937 589 25.3 16.4 58 8.9 19.2 174 24 304.1 306.4 294.7 341.5 12.59 3 900 940 21.1 15.1 68 6.1 17.1 180 36 303.3 305.5 294.1 339.0 12.05 4 850 1432 16.9 13.5 81 3.3 14.7 190 35 303.8 306.0 293.9 338.2 11.55 5 800 1947 13.2 11.7 91 1.5 12.3 201 35 305.3 307.3 293.8 337.9 10.89 6 750 2488 9.6 9.2 98 0.4 9.4 209 35 307.0 308.8 293.5 336.7 9.82 7 700 3058 6.6 4.5 87 2.1 5.4 220 35 309.8 311.2 292.5 333.0 7.57 8 650 3663 2.6 1.0 89 1.6 1.7 222 39 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.6 6.34 9 600 4306 -2.4 -4.5 85 2.1 -3.4 221 47 313.4 314.3 291.1 327.9 4.57 10 550 4990 -7.0 -17.2 44 10.2 -10.4 219 57 315.8 316.1 289.3 321.8 1.81 11 500 5727 -11.8 -27.8 25 16.1 -15.6 224 64 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.78 12 450 6525 -17.0 -31.6 27 14.6 -20.0 231 71 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.60 13 400 7398 -22.9 -34.2 35 11.3 -24.9 237 75 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.53 14 350 8363 -29.7 -40.2 35 10.5 -31.0 243 73 328.7 328.8 291.7 329.9 0.33 15 300 9443 -38.2 -47.6 36 9.5 -38.9 246 75 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.17 16 250 10672 -47.5 -56.0 37 8.6 -47.8 248 76 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12117 -55.4 -66.7 23 11.3 -55.6 252 74 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 13930 -60.6 -77.9 9 17.2 -60.8 259 64 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16410 -66.3 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 258 36 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.60 m Freezing level: 623.94 mb = 3998.03 m = 13116.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.14 mb = 3874.21 m = 12710.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.92 C = 80.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.21 mb = 1714.20 m = 5623.94 ft T: 14.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 20.11 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 1971.28 m = 6467.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 40.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 490.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.17 mb = 1766.42 m = 5795.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.17 mb = 2243.43 m = 7360.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.17 mb = 11150.83 m = 36583.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1127.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.17 mb = 14258.16 m = 46778.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 46.2 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.23 Bulk Rich Number: 10.70 Bulk Shear: 105.45 m/s