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: 35.29,-99.07 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -99.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 447 SFC 945 496 26.4 14.4 48 12.0 18.4 181 17 304.5 306.5 293.6 337.2 10.96 3 900 923 24.1 13.4 51 10.8 17.0 186 35 306.4 308.4 294.0 338.8 10.77 4 850 1421 20.8 11.6 56 9.2 14.8 203 40 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.8 10.17 5 800 1943 17.4 8.8 57 8.7 12.0 221 47 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.0 8.90 6 750 2490 13.2 6.0 61 7.2 8.9 234 53 310.9 312.4 293.1 335.1 7.84 7 700 3066 8.1 3.6 73 4.5 5.5 241 55 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.4 7.10 8 650 3673 2.8 0.6 85 2.2 1.6 246 56 312.1 313.3 292.1 331.3 6.16 9 600 4315 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.8 246 57 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.2 4.97 10 550 5002 -5.3 -16.7 40 11.4 -9.3 240 58 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.1 1.88 11 500 5745 -9.4 -35.0 10 25.6 -14.7 248 59 321.6 321.7 289.7 323.0 0.39 12 450 6550 -15.1 -39.2 11 24.1 -19.3 250 57 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.3 0.28 13 400 7428 -22.0 -39.5 19 17.6 -24.6 248 60 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.31 14 350 8394 -29.7 -43.6 25 13.9 -31.2 249 62 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.23 15 300 9473 -38.3 -49.4 30 11.1 -39.1 251 68 331.4 331.4 292.2 332.0 0.14 16 250 10701 -47.5 -59.1 25 11.6 -47.9 249 64 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.05 17 200 12147 -55.5 -67.6 21 12.2 -55.7 256 71 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13947 -63.3 -76.4 15 13.1 -63.4 253 53 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16406 -67.5 -83.3 9 15.8 -67.6 257 37 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.83 m Freezing level: 622.46 mb = 4026.75 m = 13210.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 3901.08 m = 12798.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 792.38 mb = 2023.81 m = 6639.71 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.81 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.14 mb = 2887.62 m = 9473.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.14 C = 91.64 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 795.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.13 mb = 2320.83 m = 7614.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.13 mb = 3423.03 m = 11230.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.13 mb = 11237.72 m = 36868.71 ft B at Equ Level: 785.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.13 mb = 13941.10 m = 45737.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 609.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 609.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 218.91 m/s