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: 36.07,-99.10 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5 1 950 444 SFC 935 581 18.7 16.8 89 1.9 17.4 140 13 297.5 299.8 293.1 335.1 12.97 3 900 911 21.8 13.3 58 8.5 16.2 177 28 304.0 305.9 293.3 335.9 10.71 4 850 1406 19.6 10.2 54 9.4 13.6 204 37 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.5 9.21 5 800 1925 16.6 7.3 54 9.2 10.9 215 43 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.4 8.06 6 750 2472 13.0 3.8 54 9.2 7.8 227 48 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.6 6.73 7 700 3047 8.1 1.1 61 7.0 4.3 239 53 311.4 312.5 291.7 329.9 5.93 8 650 3653 2.6 -1.3 75 3.9 0.6 244 54 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.8 5.37 9 600 4295 -2.2 -4.5 84 2.3 -3.3 243 54 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.2 4.58 10 550 4982 -6.0 -13.7 55 7.6 -8.9 242 56 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.9 2.42 11 500 5722 -9.7 -30.2 17 20.4 -14.6 242 59 321.2 321.3 289.8 323.4 0.62 12 450 6527 -15.0 -37.5 13 22.6 -19.0 247 56 324.4 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.34 13 400 7406 -21.8 -42.7 13 21.0 -24.6 245 58 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 14 350 8374 -29.1 -48.6 13 19.5 -30.9 248 58 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.13 15 300 9456 -37.5 -50.1 26 12.5 -38.4 246 52 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10690 -46.4 -52.3 51 6.0 -46.7 240 41 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.12 17 200 12136 -56.7 -63.4 43 6.7 -56.9 250 45 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.04 18 150 13912 -65.1 -75.8 22 10.6 -65.3 251 49 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16391 -65.2 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.4 248 24 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.01 m Freezing level: 622.43 mb = 4007.10 m = 13146.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.17 mb = 3750.19 m = 12303.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.70 mb = 817.95 m = 2683.52 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 2892.44 m = 9489.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.89 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 242.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.61 mb = 2046.55 m = 6714.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.61 mb = 3607.67 m = 11836.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.61 mb = 9836.43 m = 32271.36 ft B at Equ Level: 302.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.61 mb = 12336.75 m = 40474.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 688.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 688.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 229.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 250.62 m/s