MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.12,-98.31 Latitude: 35.12 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 34 SFC 956 424 21.3 18.1 82 3.2 19.1 163 22 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.5 13.83 2 950 476 21.4 17.9 80 3.5 19.0 163 28 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.8 13.69 3 900 943 18.6 16.3 87 2.3 17.1 174 44 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.1 13.07 4 850 1434 17.5 13.0 75 4.4 14.6 199 51 304.4 306.5 293.8 337.8 11.18 5 800 1951 15.2 9.7 69 5.5 11.7 218 55 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.0 9.46 6 750 2495 11.4 6.8 73 4.7 8.6 231 58 309.0 310.5 292.9 334.2 8.27 7 700 3068 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 241 61 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.4 7.68 8 650 3672 2.5 1.1 90 1.4 1.8 249 62 311.8 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.39 9 600 4315 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.9 -3.3 247 62 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.29 10 550 5003 -6.0 -15.1 49 9.1 -9.3 242 65 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.1 2.16 11 500 5744 -9.5 -30.6 16 21.2 -14.4 247 68 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.60 12 450 6549 -14.9 -35.1 16 20.2 -18.8 249 64 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.43 13 400 7428 -21.4 -39.9 17 18.5 -24.2 253 58 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.30 14 350 8397 -29.5 -46.6 17 17.1 -31.2 253 59 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9476 -38.1 -52.5 21 14.4 -39.0 255 69 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10707 -46.8 -59.4 22 12.6 -47.2 256 68 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12155 -55.3 -68.3 18 13.0 -55.5 256 65 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13956 -63.1 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.2 251 63 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.3 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.4 252 48 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.16 m Freezing level: 618.31 mb = 4079.84 m = 13385.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 3893.30 m = 12773.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.90 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.36 mb = 825.29 m = 2707.61 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.40 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2131.89 m = 6994.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 794.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.72 mb = 1286.44 m = 4220.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.72 mb = 2953.21 m = 9688.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.72 mb = 10979.12 m = 36020.29 ft B at Equ Level: 792.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.72 mb = 13967.48 m = 45824.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 58.3 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 987.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 987.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 329.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 13.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.35 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 384.24 m/s