MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.92,-99.18 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 953 470 24.8 13.6 50 11.2 17.5 165 10 302.1 304.0 292.4 332.7 10.33 2 950 495 26.0 13.4 46 12.6 17.7 166 13 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.0 10.21 3 900 972 24.8 11.4 43 13.3 16.1 179 29 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.6 9.46 4 850 1469 20.6 10.1 51 10.5 13.9 187 34 307.7 309.4 293.2 335.5 9.18 5 800 1989 16.2 8.6 61 7.6 11.5 200 37 308.5 310.1 293.2 335.3 8.81 6 750 2535 12.5 6.0 64 6.6 8.6 218 38 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.3 7.83 7 700 3110 8.0 3.1 71 4.9 5.2 235 37 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.7 6.86 8 650 3717 3.1 -0.4 78 3.5 1.3 243 39 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.3 5.71 9 600 4361 -1.5 -6.2 70 4.7 -3.7 244 43 314.4 315.1 290.9 327.2 4.01 10 550 5047 -6.2 -17.3 41 11.1 -9.9 242 48 316.7 317.1 289.6 322.7 1.79 11 500 5786 -11.1 -27.6 24 16.5 -15.2 246 51 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.3 0.79 12 450 6586 -16.7 -31.1 27 14.5 -19.7 249 53 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.6 0.63 13 400 7459 -23.5 -32.4 44 9.0 -25.1 251 56 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.63 14 350 8420 -30.9 -33.6 77 2.8 -31.3 250 62 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.5 0.64 15 300 9494 -39.2 -42.3 73 3.1 -39.5 250 68 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.31 16 250 10719 -48.2 -54.1 51 5.9 -48.5 254 70 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.10 17 200 12154 -57.6 -64.9 39 7.3 -57.7 251 77 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.03 18 150 13950 -62.5 -77.3 12 14.8 -62.6 252 63 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16421 -66.6 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.7 264 40 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.22 m Freezing level: 616.52 mb = 4148.16 m = 13609.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.30 mb = 3875.91 m = 12716.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.98 % Est. max temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.41 mb = 1899.74 m = 6232.67 ft T: 16.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 13.34 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.24 mb = 3130.99 m = 10272.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.98 C = 93.17 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.55 mb = 2529.21 m = 8297.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 645.55 mb = 3772.49 m = 12376.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.55 mb = 10834.32 m = 35545.24 ft B at Equ Level: 583.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.55 mb = 13334.08 m = 43746.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 422.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 144.76 m/s