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,-98.94 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 951 485 25.1 14.0 50 11.1 17.8 167 14 302.6 304.5 292.8 334.0 10.60 2 950 495 26.1 13.8 47 12.3 17.9 169 15 303.6 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.47 3 900 970 24.1 12.2 47 11.9 16.4 181 33 306.4 308.2 293.4 336.5 9.98 4 850 1467 19.8 11.0 57 8.8 14.1 189 38 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.4 9.76 5 800 1986 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.7 200 38 307.6 309.3 293.3 336.1 9.42 6 750 2531 11.9 6.6 70 5.3 8.7 218 39 309.5 311.0 292.9 334.6 8.18 7 700 3105 8.3 2.3 66 6.0 4.9 235 36 311.6 312.9 292.2 331.8 6.47 8 650 3712 3.3 -1.5 71 4.8 0.8 246 38 312.7 313.7 291.5 329.3 5.28 9 600 4356 -1.5 -7.8 62 6.3 -4.3 245 42 314.4 315.0 290.5 325.7 3.54 10 550 5043 -6.4 -17.9 39 11.5 -10.2 242 51 316.5 316.9 289.4 322.2 1.70 11 500 5781 -11.4 -28.6 23 17.2 -15.4 244 55 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.7 0.72 12 450 6580 -16.8 -31.2 27 14.5 -19.7 248 57 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.63 13 400 7453 -23.0 -34.6 34 11.6 -24.9 254 59 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.51 14 350 8417 -30.4 -39.5 41 9.1 -31.5 255 63 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.35 15 300 9493 -38.9 -44.5 55 5.6 -39.3 255 68 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.5 0.24 16 250 10718 -48.3 -54.8 47 6.5 -48.6 255 68 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 17 200 12154 -57.8 -64.3 43 6.5 -57.9 254 60 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 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 16411 -67.5 -83.4 9 16.0 -67.6 263 40 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.14 m Freezing level: 615.72 mb = 4153.77 m = 13627.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.81 mb = 3814.47 m = 12514.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.62 mb = 1904.95 m = 6249.77 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.47 mb = 3040.42 m = 9974.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.81 C = 92.86 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 481.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 667.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.69 mb = 2389.02 m = 7837.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.69 mb = 3741.13 m = 12273.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.69 mb = 11042.84 m = 36229.35 ft B at Equ Level: 664.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.69 mb = 13627.80 m = 44710.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 411.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 147.73 m/s