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: 35.26,-98.7 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 1 950 452 SFC 948 471 25.1 15.2 54 9.9 18.5 172 22 302.9 305.0 293.6 337.1 11.54 3 900 926 22.6 14.1 59 8.5 16.9 178 42 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.5 11.29 4 850 1422 19.6 12.2 63 7.3 14.8 194 43 306.6 308.6 294.0 338.6 10.59 5 800 1941 16.7 9.6 63 7.1 12.1 216 46 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.5 9.40 6 750 2488 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.0 233 53 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.3 7.99 7 700 3064 8.3 3.0 69 5.4 5.3 243 58 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.8 6.78 8 650 3671 3.2 -1.1 73 4.4 1.0 247 60 312.6 313.7 291.6 329.6 5.42 9 600 4315 -1.3 -6.7 67 5.3 -3.7 246 60 314.6 315.3 290.9 327.0 3.87 10 550 5004 -4.8 -18.6 33 13.8 -9.4 243 62 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.8 1.60 11 500 5747 -9.4 -30.5 16 21.1 -14.4 249 61 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.7 0.61 12 450 6551 -15.3 -33.4 20 18.2 -18.9 252 59 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.9 0.51 13 400 7429 -21.9 -37.0 24 15.1 -24.3 249 63 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.0 0.40 14 350 8397 -29.2 -43.0 25 13.8 -30.7 249 65 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 15 300 9479 -37.3 -51.0 23 13.6 -38.2 252 66 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.12 16 250 10713 -46.7 -57.1 29 10.5 -47.1 249 62 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12159 -56.4 -64.8 34 8.4 -56.6 256 69 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 13947 -64.4 -75.6 20 11.2 -64.5 251 58 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16398 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -68.1 265 42 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.78 m Freezing level: 614.62 mb = 4126.99 m = 13539.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.79 mb = 3798.80 m = 12463.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.91 mb = 1730.64 m = 5677.90 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.63 mb = 2787.11 m = 9143.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.36 C = 92.06 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 620.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.11 mb = 2036.22 m = 6680.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.11 mb = 3470.89 m = 11387.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.11 mb = 11083.31 m = 36362.12 ft B at Equ Level: 613.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.11 mb = 13698.70 m = 44942.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 54.3 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 728.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 728.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.45 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 288.12 m/s