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: 35.19,-98.23 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 955 420 23.1 16.6 67 6.6 18.7 168 23 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.50 2 950 466 23.6 16.3 64 7.2 18.7 169 29 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.5 12.37 3 900 936 21.1 14.5 66 6.5 16.7 179 46 303.2 305.4 293.7 337.8 11.64 4 850 1430 18.5 12.4 68 6.0 14.6 192 45 305.5 307.5 293.7 337.7 10.74 5 800 1948 15.3 10.4 72 4.9 12.2 210 44 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.6 9.95 6 750 2493 12.5 6.6 67 6.0 8.9 231 48 310.2 311.7 293.1 335.3 8.16 7 700 3068 8.3 2.5 67 5.7 5.1 243 54 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.0 6.57 8 650 3676 3.4 -1.9 68 5.3 0.7 247 57 312.8 313.8 291.5 329.0 5.13 9 600 4320 -1.1 -8.2 58 7.1 -4.3 245 60 314.8 315.5 290.5 325.9 3.42 10 550 5009 -4.8 -20.9 27 16.1 -9.9 244 65 318.4 318.6 289.6 322.8 1.31 11 500 5751 -9.7 -27.5 22 17.8 -14.2 248 63 321.2 321.4 290.0 324.0 0.80 12 450 6555 -15.5 -30.7 26 15.2 -18.8 252 62 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.1 0.66 13 400 7432 -21.9 -33.5 34 11.6 -24.0 251 66 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.5 0.56 14 350 8400 -29.0 -39.9 34 10.9 -30.4 251 68 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.34 15 300 9484 -36.9 -47.5 32 10.6 -37.7 253 69 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.17 16 250 10720 -46.2 -50.5 61 4.4 -46.4 249 68 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.15 17 200 12166 -57.3 -60.9 64 3.6 -57.4 251 74 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 13944 -65.3 -75.0 25 9.8 -65.3 254 65 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16393 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.7 -67.8 272 46 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.35 m Freezing level: 612.18 mb = 4162.90 m = 13657.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.74 mb = 3766.05 m = 12355.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.22 mb = 1256.78 m = 4123.24 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.94 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.09 mb = 2626.67 m = 8617.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.31 C = 91.97 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.88 mb = 1738.15 m = 5702.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.88 mb = 3614.41 m = 11858.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.88 mb = 10589.12 m = 34740.77 ft B at Equ Level: 514.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.88 mb = 13359.17 m = 43828.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 684.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 684.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.89 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 295.76 m/s