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,-98.78 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 945 496 25.1 15.2 54 9.9 18.4 175 17 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.4 11.55 3 900 920 23.5 13.7 54 9.8 17.0 182 36 305.7 307.7 294.0 338.6 10.98 4 850 1417 20.0 12.0 60 8.0 14.8 198 42 307.1 309.1 294.0 338.6 10.43 5 800 1937 16.9 9.2 60 7.7 12.1 218 50 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.18 6 750 2484 13.0 6.2 63 6.8 8.9 232 56 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.2 7.95 7 700 3060 8.2 3.3 71 4.9 5.4 240 59 311.5 312.8 292.5 333.0 6.92 8 650 3667 3.1 -1.0 74 4.1 1.0 245 61 312.4 313.5 291.6 329.6 5.46 9 600 4309 -2.2 -5.8 76 3.6 -3.8 244 62 313.6 314.4 290.7 326.7 4.13 10 550 4996 -5.3 -18.6 34 13.3 -9.7 239 65 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.3 1.61 11 500 5738 -9.4 -30.3 17 20.8 -14.3 247 63 321.6 321.7 289.9 323.8 0.62 12 450 6543 -15.1 -32.5 21 17.3 -18.7 249 60 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.2 0.56 13 400 7421 -21.7 -38.3 21 16.7 -24.2 247 63 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.35 14 350 8390 -29.0 -43.9 22 14.9 -30.6 249 64 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.22 15 300 9472 -37.2 -50.6 24 13.4 -38.1 252 64 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10706 -46.6 -56.4 32 9.8 -47.0 252 56 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 17 200 12153 -56.3 -64.5 35 8.2 -56.5 260 63 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13938 -64.4 -75.4 21 11.0 -64.5 252 57 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16399 -67.8 -83.4 9 15.6 -67.8 259 36 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.22 m Freezing level: 620.82 mb = 4041.83 m = 13260.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3790.81 m = 12436.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.23 mb = 1754.36 m = 5755.72 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.38 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.80 mb = 2815.63 m = 9237.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.52 mb = 2157.14 m = 7077.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.52 mb = 3363.61 m = 11035.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.52 mb = 11120.45 m = 36483.97 ft B at Equ Level: 643.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.52 mb = 13754.01 m = 45124.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 55.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 748.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 748.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 270.75 m/s