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: 36.00,-99.10 Latitude: 36.00 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 119 1 950 556 SFC 946 589 17.4 11.5 68 5.9 13.8 180 14 295.2 296.8 289.2 321.3 9.05 3 900 1016 16.2 12.6 79 3.6 13.9 201 30 298.2 300.1 291.2 328.1 10.26 4 850 1505 17.7 11.2 65 6.5 13.6 217 31 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.3 9.88 5 800 2023 15.9 5.5 50 10.4 9.8 223 27 308.1 309.5 291.7 329.9 7.10 6 750 2567 11.7 1.0 48 10.8 5.9 224 23 309.3 310.4 290.6 326.3 5.48 7 700 3140 7.3 0.4 61 7.0 3.6 229 17 310.6 311.7 291.2 328.1 5.61 8 650 3745 2.1 -1.0 80 3.2 0.5 239 19 311.4 312.4 291.3 328.5 5.47 9 600 4386 -2.7 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.1 249 30 313.0 314.0 291.3 328.4 4.87 10 550 5071 -6.6 -7.5 94 0.9 -7.0 261 24 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.0 3.97 11 500 5809 -12.0 -12.8 94 0.8 -12.3 271 24 318.4 318.9 291.1 327.8 2.86 12 450 6607 -17.3 -17.6 98 0.3 -17.4 270 34 321.5 321.9 291.3 328.7 2.14 13 400 7480 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 260 41 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.3 1.50 14 350 8444 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 255 45 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.1 0.88 15 300 9519 -40.0 -40.0 100 -0.0 -40.0 253 54 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.39 16 250 10733 -50.8 -50.8 100 0.0 -50.8 250 60 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.14 17 200 12156 -58.7 -62.6 61 3.9 -58.8 262 70 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.04 18 150 13943 -62.8 -76.7 14 13.9 -62.9 262 66 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16407 -65.8 -83.8 6 18.0 -65.9 279 43 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.34 m Freezing level: 627.69 mb = 4030.79 m = 13224.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.59 mb = 3836.63 m = 12587.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.78 mb = 1337.58 m = 4388.33 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.25 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.96 mb = 2975.72 m = 9762.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.03 F Cap Strength: 6.60 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 436.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.13 mb = 1696.64 m = 5566.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 496.13 mb = 5867.65 m = 19250.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.13 mb = 6021.82 m = 19756.38 ft B at Equ Level: 38.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.13 mb = 7734.70 m = 25375.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.4 neg: -31.9 tot: 146.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 44.27 m/s