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: 35.32,-98.77 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -98.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 7 1 950 450 SFC 947 479 25.4 15.1 53 10.3 18.5 173 20 303.2 305.3 293.6 337.2 11.44 3 900 925 23.0 13.9 56 9.1 17.0 180 40 305.2 307.3 294.0 338.7 11.16 4 850 1421 19.9 12.2 61 7.7 14.8 196 42 306.9 308.9 294.0 338.7 10.53 5 800 1941 16.8 9.4 61 7.5 12.1 217 48 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.5 9.29 6 750 2488 13.1 6.3 63 6.8 9.0 233 54 310.8 312.3 293.2 335.4 7.99 7 700 3064 8.2 3.2 71 5.0 5.4 242 58 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.1 6.92 8 650 3671 3.1 -0.7 76 3.8 1.1 247 60 312.5 313.5 291.7 330.0 5.60 9 600 4314 -1.7 -5.8 73 4.1 -3.6 246 60 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.4 4.13 10 550 5002 -5.0 -18.3 34 13.4 -9.5 242 62 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.7 1.64 11 500 5745 -9.4 -31.2 15 21.8 -14.5 248 61 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.6 0.56 12 450 6550 -15.2 -34.1 18 18.9 -18.9 251 59 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.47 13 400 7428 -21.9 -37.9 22 16.0 -24.4 249 63 326.6 326.7 291.1 328.0 0.37 14 350 8396 -29.2 -43.4 24 14.2 -30.8 249 64 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.23 15 300 9477 -37.5 -50.8 24 13.3 -38.4 252 66 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10710 -46.8 -57.5 29 10.7 -47.2 250 61 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.06 17 200 12156 -56.2 -65.2 32 8.9 -56.4 257 68 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 13945 -64.2 -75.7 19 11.5 -64.3 252 57 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16400 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -68.1 263 40 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.09 m Freezing level: 617.54 mb = 4088.63 m = 13413.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.06 mb = 3819.96 m = 12532.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.19 mb = 1790.09 m = 5872.92 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 15.12 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2807.13 m = 9209.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.28 C = 91.90 F Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.56 C K Index: 36.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 666.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 174.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.71 mb = 2104.54 m = 6904.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.71 mb = 3426.22 m = 11240.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.71 mb = 10982.13 m = 36030.18 ft B at Equ Level: 664.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.71 mb = 13956.74 m = 45789.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 730.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 730.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 243.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.66 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 277.65 m/s