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: 35.55,-98.72 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -98.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 466 SFC 947 495 21.8 17.5 77 4.3 18.9 170 21 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.8 13.42 3 900 935 20.2 15.5 74 4.7 17.0 181 42 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.0 12.38 4 850 1428 18.8 11.2 61 7.6 13.9 212 44 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.6 9.88 5 800 1947 15.9 6.8 55 9.1 10.4 232 46 308.1 309.6 292.2 331.8 7.76 6 750 2491 11.5 2.8 55 8.8 6.6 245 48 309.1 310.3 291.2 328.3 6.24 7 700 3063 6.3 -0.2 63 6.5 2.9 251 49 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.3 5.41 8 650 3665 1.1 -3.1 73 4.2 -1.0 246 50 310.2 311.0 290.2 324.8 4.67 9 600 4303 -4.1 -6.8 82 2.6 -5.3 236 58 311.4 312.1 289.8 323.5 3.84 10 550 4984 -8.0 -21.6 32 13.6 -11.9 239 64 314.6 314.9 288.3 318.8 1.24 11 500 5720 -11.3 -36.7 10 25.5 -16.1 245 67 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.33 12 450 6522 -15.2 -43.7 7 28.5 -19.5 247 72 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.18 13 400 7401 -21.3 -48.2 7 26.9 -24.5 252 69 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.12 14 350 8371 -29.3 -51.6 10 22.4 -31.2 251 65 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 15 300 9450 -38.2 -56.7 13 18.6 -39.2 252 64 331.5 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.06 16 250 10682 -46.4 -61.5 17 15.0 -46.9 253 56 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12132 -55.0 -68.8 17 13.8 -55.2 254 52 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13939 -62.3 -77.4 12 15.0 -62.4 253 58 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16411 -65.8 -83.6 7 17.8 -66.0 254 39 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.98 m Freezing level: 639.74 mb = 3796.20 m = 12454.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.43 mb = 3511.27 m = 11519.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.07 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.77 mb = 1043.69 m = 3424.13 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.14 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.62 mb = 2406.06 m = 7893.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.97 mb = 1663.33 m = 5457.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.97 mb = 2922.44 m = 9587.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.97 mb = 10893.77 m = 35740.30 ft B at Equ Level: 870.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.97 mb = 13856.71 m = 45461.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 53.9 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 621.2 neg: -3.9 tot: 617.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 205.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.33 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 283.73 m/s