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,-98.47 Latitude: 35.39 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 1 950 470 SFC 950 472 20.7 18.1 85 2.6 18.9 164 23 298.2 300.7 294.0 338.5 13.89 3 900 937 19.1 16.1 83 2.9 17.1 176 46 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.1 12.90 4 850 1429 17.9 12.7 71 5.2 14.5 203 50 304.9 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.89 5 800 1947 15.8 9.7 67 6.1 11.9 222 55 308.0 309.8 293.5 336.7 9.48 6 750 2492 11.7 7.0 73 4.7 8.9 235 57 309.3 310.9 293.1 335.1 8.43 7 700 3065 6.6 3.9 83 2.7 5.1 245 55 309.8 311.1 292.3 332.0 7.24 8 650 3668 1.5 -0.8 84 2.4 0.3 249 56 310.7 311.7 291.1 327.9 5.54 9 600 4308 -3.3 -6.5 78 3.2 -4.7 242 63 312.3 313.0 290.2 324.7 3.92 10 550 4991 -7.0 -20.2 34 13.2 -11.1 242 67 315.8 316.0 288.9 320.5 1.39 11 500 5730 -9.9 -34.6 11 24.7 -15.0 244 70 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.41 12 450 6535 -14.7 -38.9 11 24.2 -18.9 248 68 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.9 0.29 13 400 7415 -21.2 -43.6 11 22.4 -24.2 252 62 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.20 14 350 8384 -29.4 -49.3 13 19.9 -31.2 251 59 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 15 300 9463 -38.3 -55.3 15 17.0 -39.2 253 61 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10694 -46.8 -60.7 19 13.9 -47.3 255 61 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12141 -55.4 -68.7 17 13.4 -55.6 254 59 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13944 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.0 -63.0 251 62 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16416 -66.6 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 254 40 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.94 m Freezing level: 634.29 mb = 3869.09 m = 12693.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3706.45 m = 12160.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.60 mb = 798.21 m = 2618.77 ft T: 19.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.73 mb = 2272.63 m = 7456.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 87.99 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 37.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 874.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.37 mb = 1384.64 m = 4542.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.37 mb = 2954.38 m = 9692.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.37 mb = 10975.40 m = 36008.10 ft B at Equ Level: 871.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.37 mb = 13969.81 m = 45832.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 58.3 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 43.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 908.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 908.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 302.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 363.28 m/s