MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-99.26 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 487 SFC 946 523 25.9 13.3 46 12.6 17.7 168 15 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.3 10.21 3 900 964 24.6 12.0 45 12.6 16.4 178 32 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.6 9.83 4 850 1461 20.3 10.8 54 9.5 14.2 188 36 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.5 9.61 5 800 1981 15.8 9.4 66 6.4 11.8 199 37 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.3 9.32 6 750 2526 12.0 6.8 70 5.2 8.8 216 41 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.9 8.28 7 700 3101 8.2 2.4 67 5.7 4.9 235 40 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.53 8 650 3707 3.1 -1.2 73 4.3 0.8 244 41 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.3 5.38 9 600 4351 -1.5 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.0 243 43 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.3 3.71 10 550 5038 -5.9 -15.2 48 9.3 -9.2 242 50 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.2 2.14 11 500 5777 -10.7 -21.9 39 11.2 -14.0 245 52 319.9 320.2 290.1 324.5 1.32 12 450 6578 -16.2 -25.8 43 9.6 -18.6 250 54 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.5 1.04 13 400 7454 -22.6 -31.0 46 8.4 -24.2 255 57 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.72 14 350 8417 -30.7 -37.3 52 6.7 -31.5 256 62 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.44 15 300 9492 -39.2 -43.1 67 3.9 -39.5 255 68 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.28 16 250 10714 -48.7 -53.4 58 4.8 -48.9 254 72 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 17 200 12151 -57.2 -65.2 35 8.0 -57.3 252 64 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 18 150 13944 -63.0 -76.9 14 13.9 -63.1 253 55 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16412 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.7 262 41 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.12 m Freezing level: 616.21 mb = 4142.26 m = 13589.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.36 mb = 3814.98 m = 12516.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.33 mb = 2126.37 m = 6976.21 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.76 mb = 3079.68 m = 10103.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.42 C = 92.15 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 654.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.14 mb = 2490.55 m = 8170.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.14 mb = 3730.50 m = 12239.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.14 mb = 11027.39 m = 36178.65 ft B at Equ Level: 654.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.14 mb = 13614.45 m = 44666.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 439.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 439.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 156.63 m/s