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,-98.47 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 951 459 21.1 18.1 83 3.0 19.0 163 22 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.7 13.84 2 950 471 21.5 18.0 81 3.5 19.1 164 25 299.0 301.5 294.1 339.2 13.79 3 900 939 19.0 16.2 84 2.8 17.1 174 45 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.2 12.97 4 850 1430 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.5 202 50 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.6 10.94 5 800 1948 15.8 9.7 67 6.1 12.0 222 56 308.0 309.8 293.5 336.8 9.49 6 750 2493 11.8 7.3 74 4.5 9.0 234 57 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.6 8.57 7 700 3066 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 243 57 309.8 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.61 8 650 3670 2.0 0.4 89 1.6 1.1 248 58 311.2 312.4 291.7 330.0 6.05 9 600 4311 -2.6 -4.9 84 2.3 -3.7 244 61 313.1 314.0 290.9 327.2 4.44 10 550 4996 -6.9 -16.2 48 9.3 -10.1 241 65 315.9 316.3 289.5 322.4 1.97 11 500 5736 -9.8 -34.2 12 24.4 -15.0 245 70 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.6 0.42 12 450 6541 -14.8 -38.7 11 23.9 -19.0 249 67 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.7 0.30 13 400 7420 -21.4 -43.1 12 21.7 -24.3 253 61 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.21 14 350 8389 -29.5 -48.6 14 19.1 -31.3 252 59 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 15 300 9468 -38.2 -54.1 17 15.8 -39.1 254 65 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 16 250 10698 -46.8 -60.0 21 13.2 -47.2 256 65 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12146 -55.3 -68.7 17 13.4 -55.5 255 62 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13950 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.1 -62.9 251 62 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16417 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 251 43 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.17 m Freezing level: 628.24 mb = 3949.29 m = 12956.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.21 mb = 3816.95 m = 12522.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.73 mb = 845.69 m = 2774.55 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 16.82 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.31 mb = 2267.51 m = 7439.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.31 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.52 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 886.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.64 mb = 1383.18 m = 4537.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.64 mb = 2952.71 m = 9687.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.64 mb = 10973.08 m = 36000.47 ft B at Equ Level: 885.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.64 mb = 13964.61 m = 45815.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 58.1 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 925.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 925.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 308.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 12.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.39 Bulk Shear: 370.57 m/s