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: 35.8,-98.63 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 954 499 25.3 16.4 58 8.8 19.2 179 18 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.3 12.43 2 950 532 24.5 16.2 60 8.4 18.9 181 21 302.1 304.3 293.9 338.3 12.27 3 900 1002 19.9 15.0 74 4.8 16.6 186 30 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 12.00 4 850 1492 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 192 32 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.6 11.52 5 800 2006 14.0 6.7 61 7.3 9.6 205 34 306.0 307.5 291.5 329.3 7.70 6 750 2547 10.5 3.3 61 7.2 6.5 215 41 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.9 6.50 7 700 3118 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 3.7 227 42 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.4 5.96 8 650 3723 2.6 -0.6 79 3.2 1.0 243 33 311.9 313.0 291.6 329.6 5.64 9 600 4366 -1.8 -3.9 86 2.1 -2.8 254 20 314.0 315.0 291.5 329.2 4.80 10 550 5053 -6.4 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 266 28 316.5 317.2 291.1 327.9 3.51 11 500 5792 -11.4 -15.3 73 3.8 -12.8 260 41 319.1 319.5 290.8 326.8 2.33 12 450 6591 -16.6 -21.5 66 4.9 -18.0 252 46 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.52 13 400 7465 -23.0 -27.5 67 4.5 -24.0 249 48 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.6 1.00 14 350 8429 -30.4 -31.6 89 1.2 -30.6 246 53 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.5 0.77 15 300 9506 -38.8 -38.8 100 0.0 -38.8 238 59 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.44 16 250 10728 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 234 61 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12146 -61.4 -61.6 98 0.2 -61.4 248 79 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 18 150 13926 -61.4 -77.3 10 15.9 -61.6 258 64 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16402 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 265 46 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.59 m Freezing level: 620.28 mb = 4105.19 m = 13468.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.24 mb = 3882.39 m = 12737.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.89 mb = 1613.84 m = 5294.68 ft T: 15.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2185.86 m = 7171.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1058.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.55 mb = 1637.54 m = 5372.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.55 mb = 3111.93 m = 10209.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.55 mb = 12445.47 m = 40831.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1031.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.55 mb = 14323.53 m = 46992.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 324.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.66 Bulk Rich Number: 12.55 Bulk Shear: 84.31 m/s