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: 35.66,-98.00 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 962 396 24.3 16.0 60 8.3 18.7 159 15 300.7 302.9 293.3 335.9 11.97 2 950 509 25.2 15.4 55 9.7 18.7 163 24 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.4 11.69 3 900 982 21.7 14.3 63 7.4 16.8 175 32 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.0 11.47 4 850 1476 18.1 12.4 69 5.7 14.4 193 33 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.70 5 800 1992 13.8 10.6 81 3.2 11.7 201 38 305.9 307.7 293.3 336.1 10.07 6 750 2533 10.2 7.4 83 2.8 8.5 213 43 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.8 8.62 7 700 3105 7.0 3.6 79 3.4 5.1 232 39 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.1 7.09 8 650 3711 2.9 1.1 88 1.9 1.9 245 41 312.3 313.5 292.3 332.1 6.37 9 600 4355 -1.6 -2.4 94 0.8 -2.0 244 49 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.2 5.35 10 550 5042 -6.4 -14.3 53 8.0 -9.3 242 55 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.1 2.29 11 500 5781 -10.7 -32.9 14 22.2 -15.4 251 53 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.48 12 450 6582 -16.3 -36.2 16 20.0 -19.8 253 52 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.38 13 400 7456 -23.1 -35.8 30 12.7 -25.1 254 53 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.45 14 350 8419 -30.6 -36.7 55 6.1 -31.4 251 58 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.47 15 300 9494 -39.2 -43.9 61 4.7 -39.6 251 64 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.26 16 250 10717 -48.4 -54.4 50 6.0 -48.7 253 67 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12154 -57.1 -65.4 34 8.3 -57.3 250 69 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 13945 -63.8 -76.2 17 12.4 -63.9 254 56 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16405 -67.8 -83.4 9 15.6 -67.9 259 42 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.93 m Freezing level: 617.32 mb = 4131.85 m = 13555.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.50 mb = 4020.06 m = 13189.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1452.88 m = 4766.62 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.80 mb = 2260.60 m = 7416.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 914.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.78 mb = 1878.21 m = 6162.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.78 mb = 3154.64 m = 10349.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.78 mb = 11373.23 m = 37313.30 ft B at Equ Level: 908.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.78 mb = 14118.55 m = 46320.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 463.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.26 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 196.62 m/s