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: 35.86,-98.80 Latitude: 35.86 Longitude: -98.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 1 950 463 SFC 944 523 20.8 17.5 81 3.3 18.5 166 19 298.9 301.3 293.8 338.0 13.42 3 900 932 20.3 15.4 73 4.9 17.0 180 39 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.8 12.30 4 850 1424 18.6 11.0 61 7.6 13.8 210 41 305.7 307.5 293.0 335.0 9.76 5 800 1942 15.2 6.0 54 9.2 9.8 231 41 307.4 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.37 6 750 2485 10.7 1.1 51 9.6 5.5 247 44 308.2 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.53 7 700 3055 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.8 250 47 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.69 8 650 3656 0.8 -4.2 69 5.0 -1.6 244 50 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.3 4.30 9 600 4293 -4.3 -5.7 90 1.4 -5.0 235 56 311.1 311.9 290.0 324.2 4.16 10 550 4973 -8.9 -15.6 58 6.7 -11.2 234 63 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.3 2.06 11 500 5707 -11.9 -31.2 18 19.4 -16.1 243 66 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.6 0.56 12 450 6507 -15.1 -38.4 12 23.3 -19.2 246 75 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.31 13 400 7387 -21.0 -42.7 12 21.7 -24.0 249 71 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.22 14 350 8358 -28.8 -47.4 15 18.7 -30.6 248 69 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.15 15 300 9440 -37.6 -53.4 18 15.9 -38.5 249 61 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.09 16 250 10674 -46.1 -58.8 22 12.7 -46.6 249 45 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 17 200 12123 -55.7 -66.3 25 10.6 -55.9 250 44 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 13924 -62.1 -78.0 10 15.9 -62.2 256 57 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16407 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.6 263 38 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.41 m Freezing level: 642.33 mb = 3754.02 m = 12316.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.98 mb = 3374.31 m = 11070.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.66 mb = 944.41 m = 3098.40 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.33 mb = 2314.71 m = 7594.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 33.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.06 mb = 1689.10 m = 5541.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.06 mb = 2833.06 m = 9294.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.06 mb = 10433.08 m = 34228.86 ft B at Equ Level: 794.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.06 mb = 13556.88 m = 44477.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 52.3 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 39.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 532.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 530.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 176.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 264.89 m/s