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: 35.73,-98.78 Latitude: 35.73 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 104 SFC 954 511 24.0 16.0 61 8.0 18.6 193 18 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.05 2 950 548 22.7 15.7 64 7.1 18.0 194 22 300.2 302.4 293.0 335.0 11.86 3 900 1016 18.2 14.4 79 3.8 15.7 198 28 300.3 302.4 292.8 334.1 11.56 4 850 1504 16.2 10.9 71 5.3 12.9 207 32 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.0 9.71 5 800 2019 14.6 6.1 57 8.5 9.6 210 32 306.7 308.1 291.5 329.2 7.38 6 750 2562 11.0 3.5 60 7.4 6.8 214 29 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.58 7 700 3133 6.6 1.4 69 5.2 3.8 226 26 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.6 6.07 8 650 3737 1.8 -0.5 85 2.3 0.6 240 27 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.7 5.70 9 600 4378 -2.2 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.7 257 28 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.4 5.01 10 550 5065 -6.6 -8.1 89 1.5 -7.2 267 25 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.5 3.79 11 500 5803 -11.5 -13.4 85 2.0 -12.2 266 33 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.0 2.71 12 450 6603 -16.9 -18.0 91 1.1 -17.2 262 39 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.0 2.07 13 400 7477 -22.8 -22.9 99 0.1 -22.8 256 45 325.4 325.7 291.9 330.7 1.52 14 350 8442 -30.0 -30.1 99 0.1 -30.0 250 49 328.4 328.5 292.2 331.6 0.90 15 300 9519 -39.2 -39.4 98 0.2 -39.2 244 54 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.42 16 250 10738 -50.2 -50.4 99 0.1 -50.3 245 63 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 17 200 12157 -60.0 -62.1 76 2.1 -60.1 255 74 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.04 18 150 13946 -62.3 -77.5 11 15.1 -62.4 261 62 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16412 -66.9 -83.7 8 16.8 -67.0 269 42 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.51 m Freezing level: 627.77 mb = 4022.14 m = 13195.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3849.57 m = 12629.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.85 mb = 1525.59 m = 5005.16 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 8.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.18 mb = 2504.03 m = 8215.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 477.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.43 mb = 1620.57 m = 5316.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.43 mb = 3570.50 m = 11714.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.43 mb = 11452.79 m = 37574.32 ft B at Equ Level: 469.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.43 mb = 13412.84 m = 44004.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 266.5 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 133.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 9.88 Bulk Shear: 48.36 m/s