MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.2,-99.18 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 503 SFC 941 585 22.5 13.9 58 8.7 16.8 178 16 300.9 302.8 292.3 332.2 10.64 3 900 973 20.7 12.8 61 7.9 15.6 183 33 302.8 304.8 292.7 333.7 10.39 4 850 1465 17.3 11.0 67 6.2 13.3 189 44 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.4 9.75 5 800 1980 14.2 8.2 67 6.1 10.5 201 48 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.1 8.53 6 750 2523 11.2 5.2 66 6.0 7.7 213 42 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.42 7 700 3096 7.7 2.3 69 5.4 4.7 220 33 311.0 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.48 8 650 3703 3.1 -0.5 77 3.6 1.2 230 32 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.3 5.69 9 600 4346 -1.9 -4.1 85 2.2 -3.0 234 45 313.9 314.8 291.4 328.8 4.70 10 550 5032 -6.5 -10.6 73 4.1 -8.1 232 55 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.5 3.11 11 500 5771 -11.2 -18.6 54 7.4 -13.6 232 56 319.3 319.7 290.3 325.3 1.76 12 450 6570 -16.7 -24.5 51 7.8 -18.7 231 54 322.2 322.5 290.6 326.3 1.16 13 400 7444 -23.3 -30.4 52 7.2 -24.6 232 55 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.5 0.76 14 350 8406 -31.0 -38.8 46 7.9 -31.9 234 57 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.4 0.38 15 300 9479 -39.5 -52.2 25 12.8 -40.2 238 57 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 16 250 10701 -49.1 -55.6 46 6.5 -49.3 235 61 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.08 17 200 12129 -59.2 -64.2 52 5.0 -59.3 242 59 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.03 18 150 13914 -62.1 -78.4 10 16.2 -62.3 252 55 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16405 -65.1 -83.6 6 18.6 -65.2 262 36 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.27 m Freezing level: 619.22 mb = 4098.66 m = 13446.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 3881.69 m = 12735.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.11 mb = 1686.39 m = 5532.71 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.90 mb = 2851.53 m = 9355.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 193.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.61 mb = 2015.68 m = 6613.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.61 mb = 4061.55 m = 13325.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.61 mb = 10657.94 m = 34966.57 ft B at Equ Level: 364.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.61 mb = 12727.61 m = 41756.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.0 neg: -29.1 tot: 344.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 3.46 Bulk Shear: 106.39 m/s