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,-98.35 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -98.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 954 436 21.1 18.1 83 3.0 19.0 163 22 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.3 13.80 2 950 474 21.3 17.9 81 3.4 18.9 164 27 298.8 301.3 294.0 338.7 13.71 3 900 942 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 174 45 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.1 13.06 4 850 1433 17.6 13.0 74 4.6 14.6 201 51 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.7 11.11 5 800 1950 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.7 219 55 307.5 309.2 293.3 336.1 9.47 6 750 2494 11.4 6.9 74 4.5 8.7 232 58 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.5 8.36 7 700 3067 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 241 59 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.1 7.62 8 650 3671 2.3 0.7 89 1.6 1.4 248 61 311.6 312.7 292.0 330.9 6.22 9 600 4313 -1.9 -5.3 77 3.4 -3.5 246 62 313.9 314.8 291.0 327.6 4.30 10 550 5000 -6.3 -15.4 49 9.0 -9.5 242 66 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.6 2.10 11 500 5740 -9.6 -29.7 18 20.2 -14.4 246 68 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.7 0.65 12 450 6545 -14.8 -34.0 18 19.2 -18.6 248 65 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.48 13 400 7425 -21.3 -39.0 19 17.7 -24.1 252 59 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.33 14 350 8393 -29.5 -46.2 18 16.6 -31.2 253 59 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9473 -38.2 -52.9 20 14.8 -39.1 254 67 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10703 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.7 -47.2 256 66 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12151 -55.3 -68.3 19 12.9 -55.5 255 64 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13953 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.9 -63.1 251 63 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.4 -67.2 252 46 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.46 m Freezing level: 622.52 mb = 4024.01 m = 13201.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.51 mb = 3851.89 m = 12637.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.92 mb = 818.55 m = 2685.48 ft T: 19.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 15.52 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2158.29 m = 7080.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 38.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.75 mb = 1304.75 m = 4280.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.75 mb = 2975.41 m = 9761.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.75 mb = 11029.41 m = 36185.28 ft B at Equ Level: 809.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.75 mb = 14045.06 m = 46079.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 964.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 964.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 321.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 13.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.42 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 378.15 m/s