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,-98.39 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 954 441 21.2 18.1 82 3.1 19.1 163 22 298.4 300.9 293.9 338.5 13.81 2 950 473 21.4 17.9 80 3.5 19.0 164 26 298.9 301.4 294.0 338.9 13.71 3 900 941 18.8 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 174 44 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.1 13.04 4 850 1432 17.7 12.9 74 4.8 14.6 201 51 304.6 306.7 293.7 337.7 11.06 5 800 1949 15.5 9.7 68 5.8 11.9 220 55 307.7 309.4 293.4 336.4 9.48 6 750 2494 11.6 7.1 74 4.5 8.9 232 58 309.1 310.7 293.0 335.0 8.45 7 700 3067 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 242 59 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.4 7.68 8 650 3671 2.3 0.8 90 1.5 1.5 248 60 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.0 6.26 9 600 4313 -2.0 -4.8 81 2.9 -3.3 246 62 313.8 314.7 291.1 328.0 4.45 10 550 4999 -6.5 -15.0 51 8.5 -9.6 242 65 316.4 316.8 289.8 323.5 2.16 11 500 5740 -9.6 -31.0 16 21.4 -14.6 246 69 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.57 12 450 6545 -14.8 -35.3 16 20.5 -18.8 248 65 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.42 13 400 7424 -21.4 -40.2 17 18.8 -24.2 252 59 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.29 14 350 8393 -29.5 -46.8 17 17.3 -31.2 253 59 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 15 300 9472 -38.2 -53.1 19 14.9 -39.1 254 67 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.09 16 250 10703 -46.8 -59.5 22 12.8 -47.2 256 66 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12151 -55.3 -68.4 18 13.1 -55.5 256 64 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13953 -62.9 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 251 63 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.4 -67.2 251 46 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.97 m Freezing level: 623.27 mb = 4014.48 m = 13170.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.55 mb = 3864.17 m = 12677.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.96 mb = 836.30 m = 2743.72 ft T: 19.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.79 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2196.14 m = 7205.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 838.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.25 mb = 1328.93 m = 4359.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.25 mb = 2887.92 m = 9474.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.25 mb = 11097.09 m = 36407.34 ft B at Equ Level: 831.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.25 mb = 13737.42 m = 45069.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 955.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 955.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 318.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.55 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 376.40 m/s