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,-98.31 Latitude: 35.19 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 955 431 21.0 18.1 83 2.9 19.0 163 22 298.1 300.6 293.9 338.1 13.80 2 950 475 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 164 28 298.6 301.1 293.9 338.5 13.70 3 900 943 18.6 16.3 87 2.2 17.1 174 45 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.0 13.08 4 850 1433 17.5 13.0 75 4.4 14.6 200 51 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.7 11.15 5 800 1950 15.1 9.7 70 5.5 11.7 218 55 307.3 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.46 6 750 2494 11.3 6.8 74 4.6 8.6 231 58 308.9 310.4 292.8 334.1 8.27 7 700 3067 6.5 4.5 87 2.0 5.4 241 60 309.7 311.1 292.5 332.9 7.56 8 650 3671 2.3 0.6 89 1.7 1.4 248 61 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.8 6.18 9 600 4313 -1.8 -5.8 74 4.0 -3.6 246 62 314.1 314.8 290.9 327.3 4.14 10 550 5000 -6.1 -15.7 47 9.6 -9.5 242 66 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.04 11 500 5741 -9.5 -28.6 20 19.1 -14.2 246 68 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.0 0.72 12 450 6546 -14.8 -32.8 20 18.0 -18.5 248 65 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.54 13 400 7426 -21.3 -38.0 21 16.7 -23.9 252 59 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.7 0.36 14 350 8394 -29.5 -45.6 20 16.0 -31.2 252 59 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 15 300 9474 -38.2 -52.8 20 14.6 -39.1 254 66 331.6 331.6 292.2 332.0 0.10 16 250 10704 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.7 -47.2 256 66 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12152 -55.4 -68.1 19 12.8 -55.6 255 64 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13953 -63.1 -76.9 14 13.8 -63.2 251 63 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 253 47 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.94 m Freezing level: 621.74 mb = 4033.91 m = 13234.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.85 mb = 3847.52 m = 12622.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.88 mb = 800.89 m = 2627.55 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2120.65 m = 6957.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.05 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 37.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 788.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.22 mb = 1280.87 m = 4202.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.22 mb = 2946.38 m = 9666.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.22 mb = 10963.00 m = 35967.40 ft B at Equ Level: 786.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.22 mb = 13943.97 m = 45747.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 58.5 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 974.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 974.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 324.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.9 stream: 13.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.07 Bulk Shear: 379.99 m/s