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: 35.33,-98.31 Latitude: 35.33 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 953 445 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 164 22 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.4 13.74 2 950 475 20.6 17.9 85 2.7 18.8 165 27 298.1 300.6 293.8 337.9 13.70 3 900 941 18.4 16.3 88 2.1 17.0 175 46 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.9 13.09 4 850 1432 17.4 12.9 75 4.5 14.5 202 52 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.6 11.10 5 800 1949 15.0 9.7 71 5.3 11.6 219 55 307.1 308.9 293.3 335.7 9.47 6 750 2493 11.1 6.7 74 4.4 8.5 231 57 308.6 310.2 292.7 333.9 8.26 7 700 3065 6.4 4.0 85 2.3 5.1 242 58 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.0 7.32 8 650 3668 1.9 -0.3 85 2.2 0.7 248 60 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.0 5.77 9 600 4309 -2.4 -6.7 72 4.3 -4.3 245 64 313.3 314.1 290.5 325.6 3.86 10 550 4994 -6.4 -17.1 42 10.7 -10.0 243 68 316.5 316.9 289.5 322.6 1.82 11 500 5734 -9.7 -25.4 26 15.7 -13.9 244 69 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.97 12 450 6540 -14.5 -29.1 28 14.6 -17.9 246 65 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.76 13 400 7420 -21.0 -34.9 28 13.9 -23.5 249 59 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.49 14 350 8390 -29.5 -43.7 24 14.2 -31.0 251 58 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23 15 300 9469 -38.3 -53.2 19 15.0 -39.2 253 62 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.09 16 250 10699 -46.8 -59.7 22 12.9 -47.2 256 62 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12146 -55.5 -67.9 20 12.4 -55.7 255 60 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13947 -63.1 -76.8 14 13.8 -63.2 251 63 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16415 -66.8 -83.6 8 16.8 -66.9 256 44 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.51 m Freezing level: 628.13 mb = 3948.41 m = 12953.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.83 mb = 3756.98 m = 12325.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.79 mb = 753.67 m = 2472.65 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2098.23 m = 6883.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 775.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.97 mb = 1272.19 m = 4173.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.97 mb = 2935.63 m = 9631.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.97 mb = 10937.46 m = 35883.61 ft B at Equ Level: 772.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.97 mb = 13906.61 m = 45624.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 58.9 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 44.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 948.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 948.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 316.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 12.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.09 Bulk Shear: 371.49 m/s