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: 35.17,-98.41 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -98.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 953 442 21.3 18.1 82 3.2 19.1 163 22 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.6 13.80 2 950 473 21.5 17.9 80 3.7 19.1 164 26 299.1 301.5 294.1 339.0 13.70 3 900 941 18.8 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 174 44 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.04 4 850 1432 17.7 12.9 73 4.8 14.6 201 50 304.7 306.8 293.7 337.7 11.05 5 800 1949 15.6 9.7 68 5.9 11.9 220 55 307.8 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.48 6 750 2494 11.6 7.2 74 4.5 8.9 232 58 309.2 310.8 293.1 335.2 8.51 7 700 3067 6.6 4.9 89 1.7 5.6 241 59 309.8 311.3 292.7 333.6 7.76 8 650 3672 2.3 1.0 91 1.3 1.6 248 60 311.6 312.8 292.1 331.3 6.35 9 600 4314 -1.9 -4.4 83 2.5 -3.1 246 61 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.5 4.60 10 550 5000 -6.6 -14.5 53 7.9 -9.5 242 65 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.7 2.26 11 500 5740 -9.6 -31.9 14 22.3 -14.7 246 69 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.2 0.53 12 450 6545 -14.9 -36.4 14 21.5 -18.9 249 66 324.5 324.6 290.6 325.9 0.38 13 400 7425 -21.4 -41.0 15 19.6 -24.2 253 60 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.27 14 350 8393 -29.5 -47.2 16 17.7 -31.2 253 59 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.15 15 300 9472 -38.2 -53.1 19 14.9 -39.1 255 67 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.09 16 250 10703 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.7 -47.2 256 67 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12151 -55.2 -68.5 18 13.2 -55.5 256 64 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13954 -62.9 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 251 62 361.7 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.2 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.4 251 46 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.07 m Freezing level: 622.61 mb = 4023.47 m = 13200.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.13 mb = 3882.69 m = 12738.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.23 mb = 852.59 m = 2797.17 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2215.36 m = 7268.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.04 mb = 1340.88 m = 4399.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.04 mb = 2902.26 m = 9521.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.04 mb = 11130.97 m = 36518.50 ft B at Equ Level: 843.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.04 mb = 13787.31 m = 45233.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 954.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 954.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 318.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.62 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 376.61 m/s