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: 35.26,-98.39 Latitude: 35.26 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 953 448 20.9 18.1 84 2.9 18.9 164 22 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.3 13.81 2 950 473 21.2 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 164 26 298.7 301.2 294.0 338.7 13.75 3 900 940 18.7 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 175 45 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.1 13.03 4 850 1431 17.7 12.9 73 4.8 14.6 202 51 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.6 11.04 5 800 1949 15.4 9.7 69 5.7 11.8 220 55 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.3 9.48 6 750 2493 11.5 7.0 74 4.5 8.8 232 57 309.1 310.6 293.0 334.8 8.42 7 700 3066 6.5 4.4 86 2.1 5.3 242 58 309.7 311.1 292.5 332.8 7.52 8 650 3670 2.0 0.3 88 1.8 1.1 248 60 311.3 312.4 291.7 330.0 6.01 9 600 4311 -2.3 -5.5 79 3.2 -3.8 245 62 313.4 314.2 290.8 326.8 4.23 10 550 4997 -6.6 -16.3 46 9.7 -9.9 242 66 316.3 316.6 289.6 322.7 1.95 11 500 5737 -9.7 -30.0 17 20.3 -14.5 245 69 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.5 0.63 12 450 6542 -14.7 -34.1 17 19.4 -18.6 248 66 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.5 0.47 13 400 7422 -21.3 -39.2 18 18.0 -24.0 252 60 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.32 14 350 8390 -29.5 -46.4 18 16.9 -31.2 252 59 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 15 300 9470 -38.2 -53.5 19 15.3 -39.1 254 65 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.09 16 250 10700 -46.8 -59.8 21 13.0 -47.2 256 64 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12148 -55.3 -68.3 18 13.0 -55.6 255 62 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13950 -62.9 -76.9 14 14.0 -63.0 251 62 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.6 -67.1 253 44 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.95 m Freezing level: 626.69 mb = 3968.89 m = 13021.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.95 mb = 3807.26 m = 12490.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.55 mb = 811.17 m = 2661.29 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.44 mb = 2190.11 m = 7185.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 38.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 837.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.18 mb = 1329.04 m = 4360.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.18 mb = 2887.91 m = 9474.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.18 mb = 11096.49 m = 36405.37 ft B at Equ Level: 830.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.18 mb = 13737.40 m = 45069.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.2 at 58.4 knts Storm direction: 264.2 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 943.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 943.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 314.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.52 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 372.95 m/s