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,-98.86 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -98.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 944 498 25.3 15.1 53 10.2 18.4 177 16 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.5 11.48 3 900 920 23.7 13.5 53 10.2 17.0 184 35 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.6 10.87 4 850 1417 20.2 11.9 59 8.3 14.8 199 41 307.3 309.2 294.0 338.6 10.34 5 800 1938 16.9 9.2 60 7.8 12.1 218 50 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.16 6 750 2485 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.0 232 56 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.4 8.01 7 700 3060 8.1 3.4 72 4.7 5.5 239 59 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.2 7.01 8 650 3667 3.0 -0.7 77 3.7 1.1 245 60 312.3 313.4 291.7 329.9 5.61 9 600 4310 -2.4 -5.2 81 2.8 -3.7 246 61 313.3 314.1 290.9 327.0 4.32 10 550 4996 -5.3 -19.1 33 13.8 -9.8 238 65 317.8 318.1 289.6 323.0 1.54 11 500 5738 -9.3 -32.7 13 23.4 -14.5 247 63 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.49 12 450 6543 -15.0 -34.6 17 19.6 -18.8 249 60 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.45 13 400 7422 -21.6 -39.5 18 17.9 -24.3 247 62 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.31 14 350 8390 -29.1 -44.7 21 15.6 -30.7 249 63 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 15 300 9472 -37.5 -50.6 24 13.1 -38.4 251 64 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.12 16 250 10704 -46.8 -57.2 30 10.3 -47.2 250 56 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 17 200 12151 -56.1 -65.4 30 9.3 -56.3 259 63 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13939 -64.2 -75.6 20 11.4 -64.3 253 55 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.7 257 34 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.63 m Freezing level: 622.56 mb = 4019.72 m = 13187.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.82 mb = 3806.43 m = 12488.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.20 mb = 1797.10 m = 5895.94 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 15.64 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.34 mb = 2833.04 m = 9294.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.98 C = 91.36 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 676.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.24 mb = 2204.22 m = 7231.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.24 mb = 3416.10 m = 11207.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.24 mb = 10962.45 m = 35965.60 ft B at Equ Level: 674.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.24 mb = 13929.28 m = 45699.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 55.1 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 41.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 736.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 736.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 245.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 260.03 m/s