MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.68,-98.20 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -98.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 962 430 24.6 16.1 59 8.5 18.8 184 13 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.4 12.01 2 950 538 24.4 15.2 56 9.3 18.2 188 20 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.9 11.47 3 900 1009 20.4 13.7 65 6.7 16.0 192 29 302.6 304.6 293.2 335.3 11.04 4 850 1500 16.4 11.3 72 5.1 13.2 198 32 303.3 305.2 292.5 333.0 9.97 5 800 2014 13.3 7.2 67 6.1 9.6 207 33 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.3 7.99 6 750 2554 9.7 4.1 68 5.6 6.5 216 34 307.1 308.3 291.1 327.9 6.84 7 700 3123 5.4 2.0 78 3.4 3.5 223 38 308.5 309.7 291.1 327.9 6.32 8 650 3725 0.8 -0.1 94 0.8 0.3 232 37 309.8 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.87 9 600 4365 -2.6 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.9 240 36 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.1 5.06 10 550 5051 -6.1 -7.0 93 0.9 -6.5 249 35 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.1 4.10 11 500 5791 -10.6 -11.4 94 0.8 -10.9 249 36 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.6 3.20 12 450 6594 -15.9 -16.1 98 0.2 -16.0 245 37 323.3 323.8 292.1 331.5 2.42 13 400 7471 -21.9 -21.9 100 0.0 -21.9 245 37 326.5 326.8 292.3 332.2 1.65 14 350 8440 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 242 39 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9520 -38.5 -38.6 99 0.1 -38.5 244 42 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.45 16 250 10742 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 241 51 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.8 0.16 17 200 12160 -61.1 -61.5 94 0.5 -61.1 249 75 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 18 150 13937 -62.6 -77.3 12 14.7 -62.7 259 67 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16408 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.3 -67.4 267 43 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.27 m Freezing level: 638.39 mb = 3873.29 m = 12707.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.64 mb = 3790.83 m = 12436.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.14 mb = 1508.54 m = 4949.21 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2277.45 m = 7471.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 34.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 534.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.37 mb = 1831.79 m = 6009.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.37 mb = 2863.72 m = 9395.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.37 mb = 11778.50 m = 38642.92 ft B at Equ Level: 533.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.37 mb = 13840.70 m = 45408.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 247.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 8.77 Bulk Shear: 60.98 m/s