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: 35.46,-98.23 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 957 447 21.1 15.6 71 5.5 17.5 161 11 298.0 300.1 292.3 332.1 11.73 2 950 511 22.7 15.2 63 7.5 17.7 161 17 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.0 11.50 3 900 982 21.0 14.0 64 7.0 16.4 173 32 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.5 11.23 4 850 1475 18.4 11.7 65 6.7 14.1 193 39 305.5 307.4 293.3 336.2 10.22 5 800 1992 14.6 9.9 74 4.7 11.6 205 43 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.7 9.62 6 750 2535 10.7 7.3 80 3.4 8.6 213 43 308.2 309.8 292.9 334.3 8.59 7 700 3107 7.2 3.2 76 4.0 4.9 227 40 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.7 6.89 8 650 3714 3.6 -0.5 75 4.1 1.4 242 39 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.8 5.67 9 600 4358 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.9 247 43 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.0 4.55 10 550 5046 -6.5 -11.4 68 5.0 -8.4 246 49 316.4 317.0 290.5 325.9 2.90 11 500 5783 -11.5 -23.5 36 12.1 -14.7 247 52 319.1 319.3 289.7 323.0 1.15 12 450 6582 -16.7 -28.1 37 11.4 -19.3 250 53 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.2 0.84 13 400 7457 -22.8 -33.5 37 10.7 -24.6 254 57 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.5 0.57 14 350 8421 -30.3 -39.0 42 8.7 -31.4 256 62 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.3 0.37 15 300 9498 -38.5 -46.5 43 7.9 -39.1 255 67 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.20 16 250 10724 -47.9 -53.8 51 5.8 -48.2 258 62 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 12159 -58.7 -59.6 90 0.8 -58.7 261 51 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 18 150 13938 -63.2 -76.7 14 13.5 -63.4 254 62 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16404 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.8 -67.7 262 46 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.67 m Freezing level: 613.98 mb = 4178.18 m = 13707.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.56 mb = 3920.18 m = 12861.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.65 mb = 1149.83 m = 3772.36 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.45 mb = 2463.01 m = 8080.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.00 C = 87.81 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 576.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.21 mb = 1821.19 m = 5974.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.21 mb = 3950.06 m = 12959.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.21 mb = 10954.23 m = 35938.65 ft B at Equ Level: 571.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.21 mb = 13492.14 m = 44265.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 259.1 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): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 519.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 519.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 183.93 m/s