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,-98.95 Latitude: 35.48 Longitude: -98.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 1 950 445 SFC 945 496 26.0 14.6 50 11.3 18.4 181 16 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.2 11.14 3 900 921 24.1 13.3 51 10.7 17.0 186 34 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.7 10.76 4 850 1419 20.4 11.9 58 8.6 14.8 201 41 307.5 309.5 294.0 338.8 10.32 5 800 1940 17.0 9.3 60 7.8 12.1 218 51 309.3 311.0 293.7 337.4 9.20 6 750 2487 13.0 6.5 65 6.5 9.1 232 56 310.7 312.2 293.3 335.7 8.14 7 700 3062 8.1 3.7 74 4.3 5.6 239 58 311.4 312.8 292.7 333.6 7.17 8 650 3669 2.9 -0.2 80 3.1 1.3 246 60 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.4 5.81 9 600 4311 -2.7 -4.6 87 1.8 -3.6 247 61 312.9 313.8 290.9 327.3 4.55 10 550 4997 -5.3 -20.1 30 14.8 -10.1 238 65 317.8 318.0 289.5 322.5 1.41 11 500 5739 -9.2 -37.3 8 28.1 -14.8 248 63 321.8 321.9 289.6 323.0 0.31 12 450 6545 -14.9 -38.2 12 23.3 -19.0 249 59 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 13 400 7424 -21.6 -41.1 15 19.5 -24.4 247 61 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.26 14 350 8392 -29.3 -45.6 19 16.3 -31.0 250 61 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.18 15 300 9473 -37.9 -50.8 25 12.9 -38.7 251 64 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10703 -47.2 -58.9 25 11.6 -47.6 249 58 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 17 200 12149 -55.8 -67.2 23 11.4 -56.0 258 66 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13943 -63.9 -76.0 18 12.1 -64.0 254 53 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16404 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 255 34 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.32 m Freezing level: 624.42 mb = 3997.64 m = 13115.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.15 mb = 3829.30 m = 12563.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.16 mb = 1937.83 m = 6357.62 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2855.41 m = 9368.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.99 C = 91.39 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 728.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.95 mb = 2275.23 m = 7464.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.95 mb = 3372.84 m = 11065.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.95 mb = 11133.14 m = 36525.62 ft B at Equ Level: 722.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.95 mb = 13780.69 m = 45211.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 715.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 715.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.87 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 247.21 m/s