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,-98.47 Latitude: 35.33 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 29 SFC 950 466 20.9 18.1 84 2.8 18.9 164 22 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.6 13.87 2 950 470 21.2 18.1 82 3.2 19.1 164 25 298.7 301.3 294.1 339.1 13.86 3 900 938 19.0 16.1 83 2.9 17.1 175 45 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.1 12.93 4 850 1429 17.9 12.7 72 5.2 14.5 203 50 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.92 5 800 1947 15.8 9.7 67 6.1 12.0 222 55 308.0 309.8 293.5 336.8 9.48 6 750 2493 11.8 7.1 73 4.6 9.0 234 57 309.3 310.9 293.2 335.3 8.50 7 700 3066 6.6 4.2 85 2.4 5.2 244 56 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.6 7.41 8 650 3669 1.7 -0.3 86 2.0 0.7 249 57 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.9 5.77 9 600 4309 -3.0 -5.7 81 2.8 -4.3 243 62 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.9 4.16 10 550 4994 -7.0 -18.2 40 11.2 -10.6 242 66 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.4 1.66 11 500 5733 -9.8 -34.4 11 24.6 -15.0 244 70 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.41 12 450 6538 -14.7 -38.8 11 24.1 -19.0 248 67 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.30 13 400 7418 -21.3 -43.4 12 22.1 -24.2 252 62 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.21 14 350 8386 -29.5 -49.0 13 19.5 -31.2 252 59 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.13 15 300 9466 -38.3 -54.7 16 16.4 -39.2 253 63 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 16 250 10696 -46.8 -60.4 20 13.6 -47.3 255 63 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12144 -55.3 -68.7 17 13.4 -55.5 255 60 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13947 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.1 -63.0 251 62 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16417 -66.8 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.9 252 42 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.36 m Freezing level: 631.58 mb = 3904.99 m = 12811.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.25 mb = 3752.67 m = 12311.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.37 mb = 819.88 m = 2689.85 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.02 mb = 2270.02 m = 7447.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.53 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.97 mb = 1389.28 m = 4557.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.97 mb = 2959.80 m = 9710.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.97 mb = 10988.67 m = 36051.62 ft B at Equ Level: 888.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.97 mb = 13988.98 m = 45895.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 58.3 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 915.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 915.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 305.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 367.52 m/s