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: 35.39,-98.39 Latitude: 35.39 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 951 462 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 164 22 297.8 300.3 293.8 337.8 13.80 2 950 472 20.7 18.0 85 2.7 18.9 165 25 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.3 13.80 3 900 939 18.7 16.2 85 2.5 17.0 176 47 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.0 13.00 4 850 1430 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.5 203 51 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.5 10.99 5 800 1947 15.3 9.7 69 5.7 11.8 221 55 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.2 9.48 6 750 2492 11.4 6.9 74 4.5 8.7 233 56 308.9 310.5 292.9 334.4 8.35 7 700 3064 6.4 3.9 84 2.6 5.0 244 56 309.6 311.0 292.2 331.9 7.23 8 650 3668 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.4 249 58 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.57 9 600 4307 -3.0 -6.8 75 3.8 -4.7 243 64 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.8 3.84 10 550 4992 -6.7 -18.9 37 12.2 -10.6 242 68 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.3 1.56 11 500 5731 -9.8 -28.4 20 18.6 -14.4 244 70 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.7 0.74 12 450 6536 -14.5 -32.1 21 17.6 -18.3 247 66 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.57 13 400 7417 -21.0 -37.6 21 16.6 -23.7 250 61 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.0 0.37 14 350 8386 -29.4 -45.7 19 16.2 -31.1 251 59 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.18 15 300 9465 -38.3 -54.3 17 16.0 -39.2 253 61 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 16 250 10695 -46.8 -60.2 20 13.4 -47.3 255 60 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.6 0.05 17 200 12142 -55.5 -68.2 19 12.8 -55.7 254 59 344.9 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13944 -62.9 -76.8 14 13.9 -63.1 251 62 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16415 -66.6 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.7 255 42 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.35 m Freezing level: 632.58 mb = 3890.55 m = 12764.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.32 mb = 3713.03 m = 12181.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.35 mb = 764.79 m = 2509.11 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.68 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2181.35 m = 7156.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 37.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 834.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.82 mb = 1331.38 m = 4368.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.82 mb = 2890.41 m = 9482.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.82 mb = 11101.34 m = 36421.29 ft B at Equ Level: 825.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.82 mb = 13746.09 m = 45098.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.0 at 58.7 knts Storm direction: 264.0 at 44.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 921.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 921.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 307.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 12.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.46 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 366.40 m/s