MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-98.78 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 510 SFC 949 522 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 152 21 296.6 299.0 292.9 334.2 13.02 3 900 975 18.8 14.0 74 4.7 15.7 161 46 300.8 302.9 292.8 333.9 11.26 4 850 1466 17.9 10.9 64 7.0 13.4 186 46 304.9 306.7 292.7 333.9 9.67 5 800 1983 15.0 8.8 66 6.2 11.2 201 43 307.1 308.8 292.8 334.1 8.89 6 750 2526 10.8 6.8 76 4.0 8.4 215 44 308.3 309.9 292.7 333.6 8.29 7 700 3098 6.4 4.3 87 2.1 5.2 229 46 309.5 310.9 292.4 332.4 7.46 8 650 3701 1.5 0.4 92 1.1 0.9 237 44 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.5 6.06 9 600 4342 -2.7 -5.1 84 2.4 -3.8 236 45 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.8 4.36 10 550 5026 -7.3 -13.6 61 6.2 -9.6 233 50 315.4 315.8 289.8 323.4 2.44 11 500 5763 -11.3 -23.4 36 12.1 -14.7 231 53 319.2 319.4 289.8 323.2 1.16 12 450 6563 -16.5 -30.4 29 13.9 -19.4 232 54 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.0 0.68 13 400 7437 -22.6 -36.9 26 14.3 -24.8 232 53 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.40 14 350 8402 -30.0 -44.7 22 14.7 -31.5 231 52 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 15 300 9480 -38.6 -51.1 26 12.5 -39.4 229 53 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.12 16 250 10706 -48.0 -53.2 55 5.2 -48.3 221 48 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12140 -59.0 -62.0 68 3.0 -59.1 201 45 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 13923 -62.6 -78.4 10 15.8 -62.7 254 55 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16397 -65.3 -83.7 6 18.3 -65.5 269 35 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.64 m Freezing level: 632.14 mb = 3929.96 m = 12893.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.53 mb = 3818.57 m = 12527.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.08 mb = 766.33 m = 2514.19 ft T: 18.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 10.88 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2456.16 m = 8058.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.88 mb = 1588.29 m = 5210.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.88 mb = 3419.53 m = 11218.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.88 mb = 10117.36 m = 33193.04 ft B at Equ Level: 433.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.88 mb = 13043.15 m = 42791.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 653.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 653.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 235.94 m/s