MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.87,-98.70 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 499 SFC 949 510 19.8 16.6 82 3.2 17.7 147 16 297.4 299.7 292.8 334.0 12.65 3 900 967 20.2 13.8 67 6.4 16.0 168 37 302.3 304.4 293.1 335.2 11.10 4 850 1460 18.3 11.3 64 7.0 13.8 188 43 305.3 307.2 293.1 335.1 9.93 5 800 1978 16.1 8.4 60 7.7 11.3 213 42 308.3 309.9 293.0 334.7 8.66 6 750 2523 11.7 6.1 68 5.6 8.3 223 41 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.4 7.88 7 700 3096 6.8 3.9 82 2.9 5.1 231 41 310.0 311.4 292.3 332.3 7.23 8 650 3701 2.2 0.8 90 1.5 1.4 240 42 311.5 312.7 291.9 330.9 6.23 9 600 4342 -2.3 -8.2 64 6.0 -4.8 243 42 313.5 314.2 290.1 324.5 3.43 10 550 5028 -6.3 -19.0 36 12.7 -10.4 247 41 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.9 1.55 11 500 5767 -10.9 -23.0 36 12.0 -14.3 245 45 319.7 319.9 289.9 323.9 1.20 12 450 6567 -16.5 -26.2 43 9.7 -18.8 245 48 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.0 1.00 13 400 7442 -22.7 -30.3 50 7.6 -24.2 246 52 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.77 14 350 8406 -30.2 -35.0 62 4.9 -30.9 248 57 328.1 328.2 291.7 330.1 0.56 15 300 9483 -38.9 -42.7 68 3.7 -39.2 252 64 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.6 0.30 16 250 10707 -48.6 -52.7 62 4.2 -48.7 248 62 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.12 17 200 12138 -58.2 -63.1 53 4.9 -58.3 242 58 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.04 18 150 13928 -62.5 -77.4 12 14.9 -62.6 249 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16398 -66.0 -83.6 7 17.6 -66.1 261 43 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.96 m Freezing level: 625.17 mb = 4019.02 m = 13185.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.63 mb = 3841.96 m = 12604.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.38 mb = 915.49 m = 3003.55 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2607.66 m = 8555.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 446.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 529.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.03 mb = 1724.85 m = 5658.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.03 mb = 3465.04 m = 11368.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.03 mb = 10994.45 m = 36070.61 ft B at Equ Level: 522.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.03 mb = 13185.04 m = 43257.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 625.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 203.63 m/s