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,-98.78 Latitude: 35.53 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 85 SFC 954 496 25.8 16.1 55 9.7 19.2 179 18 303.1 305.3 294.1 339.2 12.18 2 950 530 25.1 15.8 56 9.3 18.8 180 22 302.7 304.9 293.9 338.2 12.00 3 900 1002 20.5 14.6 69 5.8 16.6 184 31 302.6 304.8 293.6 337.3 11.72 4 850 1493 16.3 12.9 80 3.4 14.1 189 33 303.3 305.3 293.4 336.2 11.09 5 800 2007 14.0 6.7 61 7.4 9.6 203 34 306.1 307.5 291.5 329.4 7.69 6 750 2548 10.5 3.4 61 7.1 6.5 213 41 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.0 6.54 7 700 3120 6.8 1.4 69 5.4 3.8 224 44 310.0 311.1 291.3 328.7 6.05 8 650 3725 3.0 -0.5 77 3.6 1.2 245 33 312.4 313.5 291.7 330.1 5.67 9 600 4369 -1.5 -3.8 84 2.3 -2.7 258 19 314.3 315.3 291.6 329.6 4.80 10 550 5056 -6.5 -8.1 88 1.7 -7.2 265 30 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.6 3.77 11 500 5794 -11.5 -14.3 80 2.7 -12.5 259 42 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.4 2.53 12 450 6594 -16.5 -20.9 69 4.4 -17.8 251 46 322.5 322.8 291.2 328.0 1.60 13 400 7468 -23.1 -26.6 73 3.5 -23.8 248 48 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.8 1.09 14 350 8432 -30.2 -30.8 94 0.6 -30.3 243 53 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.1 0.84 15 300 9510 -38.7 -38.7 100 -0.0 -38.7 235 57 330.9 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.45 16 250 10732 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.8 236 61 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 12151 -61.1 -61.5 95 0.4 -61.2 247 79 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.2 0.05 18 150 13932 -61.4 -77.4 10 16.1 -61.6 258 65 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16408 -67.3 -83.6 8 16.2 -67.5 263 44 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.32 m Freezing level: 616.84 mb = 4151.80 m = 13621.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.86 mb = 3914.31 m = 12842.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.50 mb = 1720.14 m = 5643.43 ft T: 15.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.71 mb = 2276.36 m = 7468.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 992.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.98 mb = 1766.58 m = 5795.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.98 mb = 3143.10 m = 10311.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.98 mb = 12213.67 m = 40070.61 ft B at Equ Level: 988.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.98 mb = 14442.34 m = 47382.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 343.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 343.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 11.05 Bulk Shear: 89.77 m/s