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,-98.78 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 952 480 23.8 14.5 56 9.3 17.7 165 13 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.5 10.98 2 950 499 25.0 14.2 51 10.8 17.8 166 14 302.5 304.5 292.9 334.5 10.78 3 900 974 23.5 12.5 50 11.0 16.3 180 32 305.8 307.6 293.4 336.3 10.17 4 850 1470 19.5 11.2 59 8.3 14.1 191 37 306.6 308.4 293.4 336.3 9.85 5 800 1988 15.3 9.6 69 5.7 11.7 201 39 307.4 309.2 293.3 336.0 9.43 6 750 2532 11.5 6.9 73 4.7 8.7 215 39 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.6 8.33 7 700 3106 7.9 3.0 71 4.9 5.1 231 37 311.2 312.5 292.3 332.2 6.78 8 650 3713 3.3 -0.9 74 4.3 1.1 245 38 312.7 313.8 291.7 330.1 5.51 9 600 4357 -1.5 -6.5 69 5.0 -3.8 245 43 314.4 315.1 290.8 326.9 3.91 10 550 5044 -6.4 -15.9 47 9.4 -9.7 243 51 316.5 316.9 289.7 323.2 2.02 11 500 5782 -11.4 -27.1 26 15.7 -15.3 244 55 319.1 319.3 289.3 322.0 0.83 12 450 6581 -16.8 -30.1 30 13.4 -19.6 248 56 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.69 13 400 7455 -22.9 -33.8 36 10.9 -24.8 254 59 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.2 0.55 14 350 8418 -30.4 -38.9 43 8.6 -31.4 255 63 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.37 15 300 9495 -38.8 -44.6 54 5.8 -39.2 255 68 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.24 16 250 10720 -48.2 -54.5 48 6.3 -48.4 256 67 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 17 200 12156 -58.1 -62.7 55 4.6 -58.2 256 58 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 13938 -63.6 -76.5 16 12.9 -63.7 255 62 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16410 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 263 41 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.02 m Freezing level: 615.60 mb = 4156.35 m = 13636.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.49 mb = 3857.06 m = 12654.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.20 mb = 1671.51 m = 5483.89 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.97 mb = 2895.53 m = 9499.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 37.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 632.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.87 mb = 2268.35 m = 7441.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.87 mb = 3852.24 m = 12638.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.87 mb = 11012.73 m = 36130.55 ft B at Equ Level: 628.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.87 mb = 13581.88 m = 44559.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 434.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 154.35 m/s