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,-98.94 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 945 494 25.9 14.7 50 11.3 18.4 180 16 304.0 306.0 293.6 337.2 11.16 3 900 922 24.0 13.4 52 10.6 17.0 185 35 306.2 308.3 294.0 338.7 10.80 4 850 1419 20.4 11.9 58 8.5 14.8 200 41 307.5 309.4 294.0 338.8 10.34 5 800 1940 17.0 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 218 50 309.3 311.0 293.7 337.4 9.20 6 750 2487 13.0 6.5 65 6.5 9.1 232 56 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.7 8.12 7 700 3063 8.1 3.7 74 4.4 5.6 240 58 311.4 312.8 292.7 333.6 7.17 8 650 3669 2.9 -0.1 80 3.0 1.3 246 60 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.5 5.83 9 600 4312 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.6 247 61 313.1 313.9 291.0 327.5 4.55 10 550 4998 -5.3 -19.7 31 14.4 -9.9 238 64 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.7 1.46 11 500 5740 -9.2 -36.4 9 27.2 -14.7 248 62 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.0 0.34 12 450 6546 -14.9 -37.8 12 22.9 -19.0 249 59 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.33 13 400 7424 -21.6 -40.7 16 19.1 -24.4 247 61 326.9 327.0 291.1 328.0 0.27 14 350 8393 -29.3 -45.3 20 16.0 -31.0 250 61 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.19 15 300 9473 -37.9 -50.7 25 12.8 -38.7 251 65 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10704 -47.2 -58.7 26 11.5 -47.6 249 58 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12150 -55.8 -67.0 23 11.2 -56.0 258 66 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13943 -63.9 -76.0 18 12.1 -64.0 253 54 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16404 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.7 256 35 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.58 m Freezing level: 623.88 mb = 4004.84 m = 13139.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.54 mb = 3837.22 m = 12589.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.10 mb = 1928.00 m = 6325.37 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.07 mb = 2850.02 m = 9350.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.42 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 37.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.23 mb = 2261.30 m = 7418.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.23 mb = 3357.52 m = 11015.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.23 mb = 11098.10 m = 36410.64 ft B at Equ Level: 725.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.23 mb = 13729.18 m = 45042.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 714.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.87 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 248.95 m/s