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: 35.48,-98.80 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -98.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 1 950 446 SFC 945 492 25.5 14.9 52 10.6 18.4 176 18 303.5 305.6 293.6 337.2 11.32 3 900 922 23.6 13.6 53 10.1 17.0 182 37 305.9 307.9 294.0 338.7 10.92 4 850 1418 20.1 12.0 59 8.2 14.8 198 42 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.7 10.41 5 800 1939 17.0 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 218 51 309.3 311.0 293.6 337.3 9.17 6 750 2486 13.1 6.2 63 6.9 8.9 233 57 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.3 7.95 7 700 3062 8.2 3.3 71 4.9 5.4 241 60 311.5 312.9 292.5 333.0 6.93 8 650 3669 3.0 -1.0 75 4.0 1.0 246 62 312.4 313.4 291.6 329.6 5.48 9 600 4312 -2.3 -5.8 77 3.6 -3.9 245 62 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.6 4.13 10 550 4998 -5.3 -19.5 32 14.2 -9.9 239 65 317.8 318.1 289.6 322.8 1.48 11 500 5741 -9.4 -32.3 14 22.9 -14.6 248 63 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.4 0.51 12 450 6545 -15.2 -34.0 18 18.8 -18.9 249 60 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.9 0.48 13 400 7423 -21.8 -39.4 19 17.7 -24.4 247 63 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.31 14 350 8392 -29.1 -44.8 21 15.7 -30.8 249 64 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.20 15 300 9474 -37.4 -51.4 22 13.9 -38.4 252 64 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.11 16 250 10706 -46.8 -57.4 29 10.7 -47.1 251 57 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 17 200 12153 -56.2 -65.2 31 9.0 -56.3 260 64 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13941 -64.2 -75.7 19 11.5 -64.3 252 57 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.8 -83.4 9 15.6 -67.9 259 36 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.96 m Freezing level: 621.38 mb = 4036.86 m = 13244.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.16 mb = 3791.49 m = 12439.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.07 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.98 mb = 1843.17 m = 6047.06 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.95 mb = 2839.20 m = 9314.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.12 C = 91.61 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.06 mb = 2196.75 m = 7207.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.06 mb = 3407.89 m = 11180.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.06 mb = 10942.68 m = 35900.75 ft B at Equ Level: 679.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.06 mb = 13897.25 m = 45594.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 764.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 764.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 254.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 276.18 m/s