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: 35.14,-98.32 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -98.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 955 427 21.2 18.1 82 3.1 19.1 163 22 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.4 13.82 2 950 475 21.4 17.9 81 3.5 19.0 164 28 298.9 301.3 294.0 338.7 13.69 3 900 943 18.6 16.3 86 2.3 17.1 174 45 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.1 13.07 4 850 1433 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 200 51 304.5 306.5 293.7 337.8 11.16 5 800 1951 15.2 9.7 69 5.6 11.7 219 55 307.4 309.1 293.3 336.0 9.46 6 750 2495 11.4 6.8 73 4.6 8.6 231 58 309.0 310.5 292.9 334.3 8.29 7 700 3067 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 241 60 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.3 7.66 8 650 3672 2.5 1.0 90 1.5 1.7 248 62 311.8 313.0 292.1 331.5 6.34 9 600 4315 -1.6 -5.3 76 3.7 -3.3 247 62 314.3 315.1 291.2 328.0 4.29 10 550 5002 -6.1 -15.1 49 9.0 -9.4 242 65 316.9 317.3 290.0 324.0 2.15 11 500 5743 -9.5 -30.2 17 20.7 -14.4 247 68 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.7 0.62 12 450 6548 -14.8 -34.6 17 19.7 -18.7 248 65 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.2 0.45 13 400 7428 -21.4 -39.5 18 18.1 -24.1 252 59 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.4 0.31 14 350 8396 -29.5 -46.4 18 16.9 -31.2 253 59 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9475 -38.1 -52.6 20 14.5 -39.0 255 68 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10706 -46.8 -59.4 22 12.6 -47.2 256 67 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12154 -55.3 -68.3 18 13.0 -55.5 256 65 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13955 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.1 251 63 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.4 252 47 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.35 m Freezing level: 619.49 mb = 4064.18 m = 13333.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3880.55 m = 12731.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.58 mb = 822.79 m = 2699.40 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2137.93 m = 7014.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 799.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.29 mb = 1290.34 m = 4233.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.29 mb = 2957.94 m = 9704.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.29 mb = 10989.78 m = 36055.26 ft B at Equ Level: 797.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.29 mb = 13983.98 m = 45878.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 58.3 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 981.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 981.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 327.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 13.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.37 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 382.52 m/s