MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-99.10 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 955 516 18.0 13.6 75 4.4 15.2 172 13 295.0 296.9 290.2 324.6 10.28 2 950 559 17.4 13.3 77 4.1 14.8 173 17 294.8 296.7 290.0 324.0 10.16 3 900 1021 17.7 13.7 78 4.0 15.1 198 30 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.0 11.02 4 850 1512 18.1 10.7 62 7.4 13.4 214 30 305.1 306.8 292.7 333.7 9.54 5 800 2029 15.9 5.8 51 10.1 9.9 220 27 308.1 309.4 291.7 330.2 7.24 6 750 2574 11.6 1.3 49 10.3 6.0 221 22 309.2 310.3 290.7 326.6 5.63 7 700 3146 6.8 -0.1 61 6.9 3.1 224 19 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.8 5.42 8 650 3749 1.6 -1.3 81 3.0 0.1 236 21 310.8 311.8 291.0 327.4 5.34 9 600 4389 -2.7 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 259 25 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.2 5.14 10 550 5076 -6.1 -7.1 93 0.9 -6.5 268 26 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.09 11 500 5815 -11.4 -12.9 89 1.5 -12.0 271 29 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.4 2.83 12 450 6615 -16.6 -17.8 90 1.2 -17.0 272 38 322.3 322.7 291.6 329.4 2.09 13 400 7490 -22.6 -22.7 100 0.1 -22.7 263 43 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.55 14 350 8456 -30.1 -30.3 98 0.3 -30.1 254 47 328.2 328.4 292.1 331.4 0.88 15 300 9532 -39.6 -41.5 81 2.0 -39.7 248 52 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.33 16 250 10749 -50.3 -50.3 100 0.0 -50.3 247 62 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 17 200 12171 -58.8 -62.3 64 3.4 -58.9 258 73 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13957 -63.4 -76.4 15 13.0 -63.5 262 69 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16418 -66.8 -83.9 7 17.1 -67.0 273 43 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.80 m Freezing level: 631.20 mb = 3989.92 m = 13090.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.14 mb = 3772.14 m = 12375.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.26 mb = 1076.11 m = 3530.50 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 7.09 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.66 mb = 2790.19 m = 9154.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.12 F Cap Strength: 6.01 C Lifted Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 33.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 347.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.42 mb = 1588.06 m = 5210.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.42 mb = 4290.89 m = 14077.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 577.42 mb = 4691.99 m = 15393.47 ft B at Equ Level: 41.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 337.42 mb = 8711.02 m = 28579.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.5 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 270.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.8 neg: -29.5 tot: 172.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 61.36 m/s