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: 35.55,-98.83 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -98.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 944 499 24.9 15.3 55 9.6 18.5 175 16 303.0 305.2 293.7 337.6 11.65 3 900 920 23.5 13.6 54 9.9 17.0 183 35 305.7 307.8 294.0 338.6 10.95 4 850 1416 20.1 11.9 59 8.1 14.8 199 41 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.5 10.37 5 800 1937 16.9 9.2 61 7.7 12.0 218 50 309.1 310.9 293.6 337.1 9.17 6 750 2484 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 8.9 232 55 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.3 8.00 7 700 3059 8.1 3.4 72 4.8 5.4 239 58 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.1 6.99 8 650 3666 3.0 -0.7 76 3.8 1.1 245 60 312.4 313.4 291.7 329.9 5.58 9 600 4308 -2.3 -5.3 80 3.0 -3.7 245 61 313.5 314.3 290.9 327.1 4.29 10 550 4995 -5.3 -18.3 35 13.0 -9.6 238 64 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.4 1.65 11 500 5737 -9.3 -30.8 16 21.5 -14.4 247 63 321.6 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.59 12 450 6542 -15.0 -33.2 20 18.2 -18.7 248 60 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.52 13 400 7420 -21.5 -38.5 20 17.0 -24.2 247 63 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.34 14 350 8389 -29.0 -44.0 22 15.0 -30.6 249 63 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.22 15 300 9471 -37.3 -50.1 25 12.8 -38.2 251 63 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 16 250 10704 -46.7 -56.3 32 9.6 -47.1 251 55 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.07 17 200 12151 -56.2 -64.8 33 8.5 -56.4 259 62 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13938 -64.4 -75.4 21 11.0 -64.4 253 56 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16400 -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: 5734.57 m Freezing level: 621.62 mb = 4030.59 m = 13223.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.82 mb = 3805.18 m = 12484.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.83 mb = 1726.39 m = 5663.95 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.90 mb = 2813.72 m = 9231.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.93 C = 91.28 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 36.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 652.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.85 mb = 2163.68 m = 7098.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.85 mb = 3370.83 m = 11059.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.85 mb = 11137.41 m = 36539.63 ft B at Equ Level: 643.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.85 mb = 13780.14 m = 45209.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 728.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 728.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 259.65 m/s