MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 101 SFC 953 516 23.8 16.7 65 7.1 18.9 185 20 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.1 12.63 2 950 544 22.7 16.5 68 6.2 18.5 186 25 300.2 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.51 3 900 1012 18.5 15.1 80 3.4 16.2 190 31 300.6 302.8 293.3 335.9 12.05 4 850 1503 18.0 9.6 58 8.4 12.8 203 34 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.7 8.86 5 800 2019 14.9 6.3 56 8.6 9.8 208 34 307.0 308.4 291.7 329.8 7.50 6 750 2562 11.0 3.7 60 7.4 6.9 214 33 308.6 309.8 291.4 329.0 6.65 7 700 3134 6.8 1.5 69 5.3 3.9 225 28 310.0 311.2 291.4 328.9 6.09 8 650 3738 2.1 -0.4 84 2.5 0.8 242 24 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.1 5.72 9 600 4380 -1.8 -4.7 81 2.9 -3.1 265 24 314.1 314.9 291.3 328.4 4.52 10 550 5067 -6.3 -7.7 90 1.4 -7.0 264 28 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.1 3.89 11 500 5806 -11.4 -12.0 95 0.6 -11.6 259 36 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.1 3.04 12 450 6606 -17.0 -17.3 97 0.4 -17.1 259 41 321.9 322.3 291.5 329.3 2.18 13 400 7480 -22.7 -22.7 100 0.0 -22.7 253 48 325.5 325.8 291.9 330.9 1.54 14 350 8446 -29.8 -29.8 100 -0.0 -29.8 244 50 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.92 15 300 9523 -39.0 -39.5 95 0.5 -39.0 239 54 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.41 16 250 10743 -50.2 -50.3 99 0.1 -50.2 247 58 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 17 200 12163 -59.9 -62.2 74 2.3 -59.9 255 73 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.04 18 150 13952 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.3 259 63 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16419 -66.7 -83.7 7 17.0 -66.8 266 39 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.67 m Freezing level: 623.23 mb = 4081.73 m = 13391.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3861.71 m = 12669.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.16 mb = 1410.58 m = 4627.82 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2474.92 m = 8119.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.62 mb = 1658.16 m = 5440.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.62 mb = 3374.69 m = 11071.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.62 mb = 11567.57 m = 37950.89 ft B at Equ Level: 645.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.62 mb = 13967.41 m = 45824.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 171.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 68.87 m/s