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: 35.19,-98.26 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -98.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 956 424 20.9 18.1 84 2.8 19.0 163 22 297.9 300.4 293.8 337.9 13.80 2 950 477 20.9 17.9 83 3.1 18.8 164 28 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.2 13.68 3 900 944 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 174 45 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.10 4 850 1434 17.3 13.1 76 4.2 14.6 200 52 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.7 11.21 5 800 1951 14.9 9.6 71 5.2 11.6 217 54 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.6 9.45 6 750 2494 11.2 6.6 73 4.6 8.4 231 57 308.7 310.2 292.7 333.6 8.15 7 700 3066 6.5 4.3 86 2.2 5.2 241 61 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.7 7.48 8 650 3671 2.3 0.5 88 1.8 1.4 249 62 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.7 6.13 9 600 4313 -1.7 -6.4 70 4.7 -3.8 246 63 314.2 314.9 290.8 326.8 3.95 10 550 5000 -5.9 -16.2 44 10.3 -9.5 243 66 317.1 317.5 289.9 323.6 1.96 11 500 5741 -9.5 -27.3 22 17.8 -14.0 246 68 321.5 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.82 12 450 6547 -14.7 -31.4 23 16.7 -18.3 247 64 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.62 13 400 7427 -21.2 -36.8 23 15.6 -23.8 251 58 327.4 327.5 291.4 328.9 0.41 14 350 8395 -29.5 -44.8 21 15.3 -31.1 252 59 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 15 300 9475 -38.2 -52.6 21 14.4 -39.1 254 66 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 16 250 10705 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.7 -47.2 256 66 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12153 -55.4 -68.0 19 12.6 -55.6 255 64 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13953 -63.2 -76.8 14 13.7 -63.3 251 63 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 254 47 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.31 m Freezing level: 620.73 mb = 4046.81 m = 13276.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.89 mb = 3834.28 m = 12579.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.32 mb = 778.95 m = 2555.58 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2070.78 m = 6793.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 109.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.28 mb = 1251.42 m = 4105.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.28 mb = 2910.60 m = 9549.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.28 mb = 11154.13 m = 36594.46 ft B at Equ Level: 746.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.28 mb = 13817.73 m = 45333.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 58.7 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 44.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 986.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 986.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 328.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.0 stream: 13.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.13 Bulk Rich Number: 1.98 Bulk Shear: 382.39 m/s