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: 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 100 1 950 542 SFC 945 589 24.0 15.3 58 8.7 18.2 194 18 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.4 11.65 3 900 1010 18.6 14.2 76 4.4 15.7 200 27 300.7 302.7 292.8 334.1 11.37 4 850 1498 15.1 12.2 83 3.0 13.3 207 31 302.0 304.0 292.6 333.2 10.56 5 800 2013 14.8 6.6 58 8.2 10.0 213 33 307.0 308.4 291.8 330.3 7.69 6 750 2556 11.2 4.1 62 7.1 7.1 219 32 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.7 6.86 7 700 3128 6.8 1.9 71 4.9 4.1 228 30 310.1 311.2 291.6 329.5 6.29 8 650 3733 2.2 -0.8 81 3.0 0.6 238 30 311.4 312.5 291.3 328.8 5.56 9 600 4374 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.8 252 28 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.2 5.00 10 550 5061 -6.6 -8.6 86 2.0 -7.4 263 22 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.65 11 500 5799 -11.8 -14.9 78 3.1 -12.9 267 32 318.7 319.2 290.7 326.7 2.41 12 450 6597 -17.1 -17.7 96 0.5 -17.3 257 40 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.12 13 400 7471 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -23.0 250 46 325.1 325.4 291.8 330.4 1.50 14 350 8435 -30.4 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 249 49 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.88 15 300 9510 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 243 55 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10728 -50.4 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 241 64 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.15 17 200 12146 -60.4 -62.4 77 2.0 -60.4 253 75 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.04 18 150 13935 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.1 262 62 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16408 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.0 269 41 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.03 m Freezing level: 625.74 mb = 4044.27 m = 13268.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3843.62 m = 12610.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.08 mb = 1679.23 m = 5509.23 ft T: 15.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.51 mb = 2561.84 m = 8404.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.61 C = 87.10 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.91 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 34.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.39 mb = 1686.31 m = 5532.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.39 mb = 3529.87 m = 11580.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.39 mb = 11645.68 m = 38207.15 ft B at Equ Level: 575.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.39 mb = 13675.94 m = 44868.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 161.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 13.09 Bulk Shear: 44.65 m/s