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: 35.60,-98.94 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 1 950 444 SFC 943 509 24.5 15.6 58 8.8 18.5 173 15 302.7 304.9 293.8 338.0 11.92 3 900 918 23.7 13.4 53 10.3 16.8 184 33 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.3 10.79 4 850 1415 20.3 11.5 57 8.7 14.6 201 41 307.4 309.3 293.8 337.9 10.10 5 800 1935 16.9 8.9 59 8.0 11.9 217 50 309.2 310.9 293.5 336.7 9.00 6 750 2483 13.0 6.2 63 6.8 8.9 230 55 310.7 312.2 293.1 335.2 7.95 7 700 3058 8.1 3.4 72 4.7 5.4 238 57 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.2 7.01 8 650 3665 2.9 -0.3 79 3.2 1.2 245 59 312.2 313.3 291.7 330.2 5.75 9 600 4307 -2.5 -4.5 86 2.0 -3.5 246 60 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.6 4.55 10 550 4993 -5.4 -17.8 37 12.4 -9.6 239 63 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.5 1.71 11 500 5735 -9.3 -33.4 12 24.1 -14.6 247 62 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.46 12 450 6541 -14.8 -36.1 14 21.3 -18.8 248 59 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.0 0.39 13 400 7420 -21.4 -40.1 17 18.7 -24.2 246 61 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.29 14 350 8389 -29.1 -45.1 20 16.0 -30.7 250 61 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 15 300 9470 -37.6 -49.9 27 12.3 -38.4 250 62 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 16 250 10702 -46.9 -56.4 33 9.5 -47.3 248 53 336.3 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 17 200 12148 -56.1 -65.5 30 9.4 -56.3 258 61 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 13936 -64.3 -75.6 20 11.2 -64.4 254 53 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16401 -67.3 -83.4 8 16.1 -67.4 254 31 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.77 m Freezing level: 623.29 mb = 4007.79 m = 13148.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.29 mb = 3823.20 m = 12543.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.27 mb = 1637.14 m = 5371.12 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.65 mb = 2838.67 m = 9313.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.86 C = 91.15 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 641.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.74 mb = 2196.43 m = 7206.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.74 mb = 3407.56 m = 11179.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.74 mb = 10946.44 m = 35913.08 ft B at Equ Level: 639.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.74 mb = 13506.27 m = 44311.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 725.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 725.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 241.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 2.56 Bulk Shear: 250.58 m/s