MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.14,-98.68 Latitude: 35.14 Longitude: -98.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 455 SFC 950 459 25.0 15.3 55 9.7 18.5 171 23 302.6 304.8 293.6 337.0 11.62 3 900 929 22.1 14.3 61 7.9 16.9 177 44 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.4 11.42 4 850 1423 19.3 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 192 44 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.4 10.66 5 800 1943 16.4 9.8 65 6.6 12.2 213 44 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.7 9.55 6 750 2490 12.9 6.4 65 6.5 9.0 232 51 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.5 8.09 7 700 3065 8.4 2.9 68 5.5 5.3 244 56 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.7 6.74 8 650 3673 3.3 -1.1 73 4.4 1.0 248 58 312.7 313.8 291.6 329.8 5.43 9 600 4317 -1.0 -6.9 64 6.0 -3.7 247 59 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.2 3.79 10 550 5006 -4.6 -18.7 32 14.1 -9.3 245 61 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.1 1.59 11 500 5750 -9.3 -30.7 16 21.4 -14.3 249 60 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.8 0.59 12 450 6555 -15.2 -34.1 18 18.9 -18.9 253 58 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.9 0.47 13 400 7433 -21.9 -36.2 26 14.3 -24.2 250 63 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.43 14 350 8400 -29.2 -42.4 27 13.2 -30.7 249 65 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.26 15 300 9483 -37.4 -50.7 24 13.2 -38.3 251 67 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.12 16 250 10716 -46.7 -57.4 29 10.6 -47.1 248 65 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12161 -56.4 -65.1 33 8.7 -56.6 254 72 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13951 -64.5 -75.6 20 11.1 -64.6 251 58 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16398 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -68.0 267 45 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.05 m Freezing level: 611.27 mb = 4171.72 m = 13686.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.16 mb = 3808.00 m = 12493.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.06 mb = 1689.03 m = 5541.37 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.88 mb = 2762.38 m = 9062.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.22 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.35 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 184.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.78 mb = 1966.41 m = 6451.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.78 mb = 3513.10 m = 11525.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.78 mb = 10905.32 m = 35778.18 ft B at Equ Level: 583.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.78 mb = 13441.85 m = 44100.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 53.2 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 692.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 692.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 288.20 m/s