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,-98.7 Latitude: 35.46 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 5 1 950 448 SFC 946 488 25.2 15.0 53 10.1 18.4 173 19 303.1 305.2 293.6 337.1 11.44 3 900 922 23.3 13.7 55 9.5 17.0 180 39 305.5 307.5 294.0 338.6 11.04 4 850 1419 19.9 12.1 61 7.8 14.8 197 43 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.7 10.48 5 800 1939 16.9 9.2 60 7.7 12.1 218 51 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.17 6 750 2486 13.1 6.0 62 7.1 8.9 234 57 310.8 312.3 293.0 335.0 7.84 7 700 3062 8.3 2.9 69 5.3 5.2 242 61 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.7 6.77 8 650 3669 3.2 -1.5 71 4.7 0.7 246 63 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.1 5.26 9 600 4312 -1.9 -6.8 69 4.9 -4.1 244 63 313.9 314.7 290.6 326.2 3.83 10 550 5000 -5.2 -19.1 33 13.8 -9.8 240 65 317.9 318.2 289.7 323.1 1.54 11 500 5742 -9.5 -30.0 17 20.5 -14.4 247 63 321.4 321.5 289.9 323.7 0.63 12 450 6546 -15.3 -32.1 22 16.8 -18.8 250 61 323.9 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.57 13 400 7424 -21.9 -38.4 21 16.5 -24.4 248 65 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.35 14 350 8392 -29.0 -44.1 22 15.1 -30.7 249 66 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.22 15 300 9475 -37.1 -51.8 20 14.6 -38.1 252 64 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.11 16 250 10709 -46.5 -56.6 31 10.1 -46.9 253 57 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 17 200 12156 -56.4 -64.2 37 7.8 -56.6 261 64 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13940 -64.4 -75.6 20 11.2 -64.5 251 59 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16398 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.4 -68.0 262 38 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.81 m Freezing level: 618.77 mb = 4070.80 m = 13355.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.48 mb = 3762.71 m = 12344.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.19 mb = 1777.49 m = 5831.60 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 15.55 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2825.60 m = 9270.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.21 C = 91.79 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 458.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 642.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 175.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.66 mb = 2135.67 m = 7006.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.66 mb = 3461.86 m = 11357.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.66 mb = 11064.72 m = 36301.13 ft B at Equ Level: 634.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.66 mb = 13670.85 m = 44851.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 56.4 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 42.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 790.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 790.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 12.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 2.17 Bulk Shear: 295.88 m/s