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: 35.46,-96.97 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 970 312 20.7 18.8 88 2.0 19.4 162 16 296.5 299.0 293.7 337.4 14.19 2 950 491 19.9 18.0 88 2.0 18.6 167 26 297.4 299.9 293.7 337.3 13.78 3 900 957 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 182 36 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.0 12.61 4 850 1445 15.5 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 199 40 302.4 304.5 293.3 336.1 11.37 5 800 1959 13.3 10.9 85 2.4 11.8 221 40 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.3 10.31 6 750 2500 10.0 8.1 88 1.9 8.9 231 34 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.1 9.11 7 700 3072 7.0 4.1 81 2.9 5.4 242 29 310.3 311.7 292.5 332.9 7.35 8 650 3678 3.3 0.7 83 2.6 1.9 252 34 312.7 313.9 292.3 332.0 6.19 9 600 4323 -0.9 -3.0 86 2.1 -2.0 248 48 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.2 5.10 10 550 5013 -4.8 -15.9 41 11.1 -8.8 246 58 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.1 2.01 11 500 5756 -9.1 -26.7 23 17.6 -13.7 249 58 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.86 12 450 6562 -14.7 -30.3 25 15.6 -18.2 248 58 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.68 13 400 7442 -21.2 -32.8 35 11.6 -23.4 247 59 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.61 14 350 8412 -28.7 -39.2 36 10.4 -30.1 248 61 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.37 15 300 9497 -36.9 -48.2 30 11.4 -37.7 252 63 333.4 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.16 16 250 10732 -46.5 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.8 252 70 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12174 -57.9 -60.4 73 2.5 -58.0 256 73 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.06 18 150 13944 -67.1 -74.2 36 7.1 -67.2 251 64 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16380 -66.9 -83.5 8 16.6 -67.0 271 56 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.42 m Freezing level: 611.15 mb = 4179.18 m = 13711.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 3987.72 m = 13082.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.44 mb = 559.95 m = 1837.08 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.29 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1500.15 m = 4921.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.39 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 363.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.91 mb = 1043.61 m = 3423.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.91 mb = 3358.59 m = 11018.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.91 mb = 10573.80 m = 34690.51 ft B at Equ Level: 360.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.91 mb = 13323.88 m = 43712.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 461.2 neg: -23.4 tot: 437.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 203.49 m/s