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: 35.53,-98.70 Latitude: 35.53 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 4 1 950 446 SFC 945 494 24.8 15.3 55 9.6 18.4 173 18 302.9 305.0 293.6 337.3 11.62 3 900 920 23.2 13.8 55 9.4 17.0 180 37 305.4 307.5 294.0 338.6 11.09 4 850 1417 19.8 12.1 61 7.7 14.8 197 42 306.9 308.9 294.0 338.7 10.52 5 800 1937 16.9 9.3 61 7.6 12.1 218 50 309.1 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.20 6 750 2484 13.0 6.1 63 6.9 8.9 233 56 310.7 312.2 293.0 335.0 7.89 7 700 3059 8.2 3.1 70 5.1 5.3 240 60 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.8 6.84 8 650 3666 3.1 -1.4 72 4.5 0.8 245 62 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.2 5.32 9 600 4309 -1.9 -6.5 71 4.6 -4.0 243 62 313.9 314.6 290.7 326.4 3.92 10 550 4996 -5.2 -18.1 36 12.8 -9.5 239 65 317.9 318.2 289.8 323.5 1.68 11 500 5738 -9.5 -28.2 20 18.7 -14.2 246 63 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.1 0.75 12 450 6543 -15.2 -30.7 25 15.5 -18.6 249 61 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.66 13 400 7420 -21.7 -37.3 23 15.6 -24.2 247 65 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.39 14 350 8389 -28.8 -43.1 24 14.3 -30.4 249 66 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.24 15 300 9472 -37.0 -50.6 23 13.6 -37.9 252 64 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10707 -46.3 -55.6 34 9.3 -46.7 253 55 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.08 17 200 12155 -56.5 -63.7 40 7.2 -56.6 261 62 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13937 -64.5 -75.2 22 10.7 -64.6 251 59 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16398 -67.9 -83.4 9 15.5 -68.0 261 37 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.80 m Freezing level: 618.96 mb = 4065.57 m = 13338.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.77 mb = 3768.82 m = 12364.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.20 mb = 1712.38 m = 5617.98 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 15.13 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.07 mb = 2800.50 m = 9187.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.04 C = 91.48 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.35 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 625.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.74 mb = 2110.95 m = 6925.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.74 mb = 3433.70 m = 11265.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.74 mb = 11006.50 m = 36110.12 ft B at Equ Level: 619.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.74 mb = 13586.35 m = 44574.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 55.7 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 759.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 759.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 253.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 12.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.63 Bulk Rich Number: 2.22 Bulk Shear: 281.80 m/s