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,-98.86 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 1 950 446 SFC 945 492 25.7 14.8 51 10.9 18.4 178 17 303.7 305.8 293.6 337.2 11.26 3 900 922 23.8 13.5 53 10.2 17.0 183 36 306.0 308.0 294.0 338.7 10.89 4 850 1419 20.2 12.0 59 8.3 14.8 199 42 307.3 309.3 294.0 338.8 10.39 5 800 1940 17.0 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 218 50 309.3 311.0 293.7 337.3 9.19 6 750 2487 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.0 233 56 310.7 312.3 293.2 335.5 8.03 7 700 3062 8.1 3.5 72 4.7 5.5 240 59 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.3 7.04 8 650 3669 3.0 -0.6 77 3.6 1.1 246 61 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.0 5.64 9 600 4312 -2.4 -5.2 81 2.8 -3.7 246 61 313.4 314.2 290.9 327.1 4.32 10 550 4998 -5.3 -19.5 32 14.2 -9.9 239 65 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.9 1.48 11 500 5741 -9.3 -33.8 12 24.5 -14.6 248 63 321.7 321.7 289.8 323.2 0.44 12 450 6546 -15.1 -35.5 16 20.5 -19.0 249 60 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.41 13 400 7424 -21.7 -39.9 18 18.2 -24.4 247 62 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.30 14 350 8392 -29.2 -44.9 21 15.7 -30.9 250 63 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 15 300 9474 -37.6 -51.0 23 13.4 -38.5 251 65 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.12 16 250 10705 -47.0 -58.0 27 11.0 -47.4 250 58 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12152 -56.0 -65.9 28 9.9 -56.2 259 65 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.03 18 150 13942 -64.1 -75.8 18 11.8 -64.1 252 55 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16402 -67.7 -83.4 9 15.7 -67.8 258 36 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.32 m Freezing level: 622.28 mb = 4025.52 m = 13206.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.35 mb = 3814.47 m = 12514.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 805.87 mb = 1876.71 m = 6157.11 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2841.87 m = 9323.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 36.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 700.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.09 mb = 2218.72 m = 7279.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.09 mb = 3432.28 m = 11260.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.09 mb = 10994.69 m = 36071.39 ft B at Equ Level: 698.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.09 mb = 13979.08 m = 45862.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 740.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 740.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.86 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 263.92 m/s