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,-98.89 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -98.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 944 501 25.1 15.2 54 9.8 18.5 176 16 303.2 305.3 293.7 337.6 11.60 3 900 919 23.7 13.5 53 10.2 17.0 184 34 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.5 10.85 4 850 1416 20.2 11.8 58 8.4 14.7 200 41 307.3 309.2 293.9 338.4 10.28 5 800 1937 16.9 9.1 60 7.8 12.0 217 50 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.1 9.13 6 750 2484 13.0 6.3 64 6.7 9.0 231 55 310.7 312.2 293.2 335.4 8.02 7 700 3060 8.1 3.5 72 4.6 5.5 239 58 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.3 7.03 8 650 3666 2.9 -0.5 78 3.5 1.1 245 60 312.3 313.4 291.7 330.1 5.67 9 600 4309 -2.5 -4.9 83 2.4 -3.6 246 61 313.2 314.1 290.9 327.2 4.42 10 550 4995 -5.3 -18.7 34 13.4 -9.8 238 64 317.8 318.1 289.7 323.1 1.59 11 500 5737 -9.3 -33.0 13 23.7 -14.5 247 63 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.48 12 450 6542 -14.9 -35.1 16 20.2 -18.8 249 59 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.43 13 400 7421 -21.5 -39.6 18 18.1 -24.2 247 62 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.31 14 350 8390 -29.1 -44.7 21 15.7 -30.7 249 62 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 15 300 9471 -37.5 -50.2 25 12.7 -38.4 251 63 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10703 -46.9 -57.0 31 10.1 -47.3 250 55 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 17 200 12150 -56.1 -65.5 30 9.4 -56.2 259 63 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.03 18 150 13938 -64.2 -75.6 20 11.3 -64.3 253 54 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.6 256 33 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.02 m Freezing level: 622.91 mb = 4014.37 m = 13170.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.14 mb = 3814.18 m = 12513.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.07 mb = 1755.66 m = 5759.97 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 15.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.43 mb = 2831.17 m = 9288.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 36.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 434.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.32 mb = 2202.62 m = 7226.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.32 mb = 3414.31 m = 11201.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.32 mb = 10959.31 m = 35955.30 ft B at Equ Level: 668.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.32 mb = 13925.08 m = 45685.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 265.1 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): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 726.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 726.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.0 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: 2.68 Bulk Rich Number: 2.64 Bulk Shear: 254.31 m/s