MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-98.47 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 956 484 24.8 16.7 61 8.1 19.2 176 18 301.8 304.1 294.1 339.0 12.60 2 950 536 23.8 16.4 63 7.4 18.8 178 23 301.4 303.6 293.9 338.0 12.46 3 900 1006 19.5 15.2 76 4.2 16.7 185 30 301.6 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.18 4 850 1496 16.0 12.8 81 3.3 13.9 195 35 302.9 305.0 293.2 335.5 10.97 5 800 2009 13.5 7.0 64 6.6 9.6 203 33 305.6 307.0 291.5 329.3 7.86 6 750 2550 10.1 3.9 65 6.2 6.6 214 40 307.6 308.8 291.2 328.2 6.76 7 700 3121 6.8 1.2 67 5.7 3.8 226 43 310.1 311.2 291.3 328.5 5.96 8 650 3726 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.1 245 35 312.3 313.3 291.7 329.9 5.65 9 600 4369 -2.2 -3.1 93 0.9 -2.6 260 19 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.7 5.08 10 550 5057 -6.4 -8.3 86 1.9 -7.2 272 27 316.5 317.3 291.3 328.5 3.72 11 500 5795 -11.6 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.4 265 42 318.9 319.5 291.0 327.6 2.63 12 450 6595 -16.2 -20.8 67 4.7 -17.6 256 46 322.9 323.2 291.3 328.4 1.61 13 400 7470 -22.8 -24.7 84 1.9 -23.3 251 48 325.3 325.6 291.7 329.8 1.29 14 350 8436 -29.7 -30.3 94 0.6 -29.8 239 50 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.9 0.88 15 300 9515 -38.8 -38.8 100 -0.0 -38.8 237 52 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.4 0.44 16 250 10736 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.9 236 61 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.16 17 200 12154 -61.3 -61.4 98 0.1 -61.3 250 78 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13936 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.6 -61.9 257 63 363.6 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16407 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.2 -67.4 266 46 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.61 m Freezing level: 621.24 mb = 4096.17 m = 13438.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.45 mb = 3908.21 m = 12822.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.19 C = 82.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.03 mb = 1505.15 m = 4938.08 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.36 mb = 2079.19 m = 6821.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 466.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 977.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.30 mb = 1592.77 m = 5225.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.30 mb = 3175.99 m = 10419.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.30 mb = 12301.54 m = 40358.90 ft B at Equ Level: 969.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.30 mb = 14564.35 m = 47782.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 359.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 9.94 Bulk Shear: 98.25 m/s