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: 35.33,-98.39 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 956 456 21.7 15.3 67 6.4 17.5 161 11 298.7 300.8 292.3 332.3 11.52 2 950 509 23.2 14.9 59 8.3 17.7 161 15 300.8 302.8 292.7 333.9 11.28 3 900 981 22.1 13.3 57 8.8 16.3 176 32 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.3 10.72 4 850 1476 18.9 11.5 62 7.4 14.1 193 37 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.2 10.05 5 800 1993 14.9 9.8 71 5.1 11.7 204 41 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.9 9.53 6 750 2536 10.7 7.4 80 3.3 8.8 211 42 308.2 309.9 293.0 334.7 8.68 7 700 3109 7.1 4.0 81 3.1 5.4 225 39 310.4 311.7 292.5 332.9 7.30 8 650 3715 3.4 0.0 78 3.4 1.6 242 39 312.9 314.0 292.1 331.4 5.91 9 600 4360 -1.5 -4.2 81 2.8 -2.8 246 44 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.2 4.66 10 550 5046 -6.5 -11.9 65 5.4 -8.6 245 50 316.4 316.9 290.4 325.5 2.79 11 500 5784 -11.4 -24.3 34 12.8 -14.9 246 53 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.8 1.07 12 450 6583 -16.7 -28.3 36 11.7 -19.3 250 54 322.3 322.4 290.3 325.2 0.82 13 400 7458 -22.8 -32.8 40 10.0 -24.6 255 57 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.6 0.61 14 350 8422 -30.3 -38.1 46 7.8 -31.3 256 62 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.4 0.41 15 300 9499 -38.6 -45.2 50 6.6 -39.1 256 67 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.23 16 250 10725 -47.9 -53.9 50 5.9 -48.2 257 65 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 12160 -58.5 -60.6 77 2.1 -58.5 260 54 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.05 18 150 13940 -63.6 -76.6 16 13.0 -63.7 255 63 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16407 -67.4 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.5 263 44 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.17 m Freezing level: 614.88 mb = 4167.77 m = 13673.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 3944.05 m = 12939.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.71 mb = 1277.30 m = 4190.58 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2571.09 m = 8435.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.27 C = 88.28 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.89 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 38.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 475.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.90 mb = 1994.43 m = 6543.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.90 mb = 3904.33 m = 12809.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.90 mb = 10857.53 m = 35621.39 ft B at Equ Level: 566.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.90 mb = 13353.90 m = 43811.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 490.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 490.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 3.24 Bulk Shear: 175.75 m/s