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: 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 79 1 950 522 SFC 943 589 25.5 15.4 54 10.1 18.7 185 21 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.6 11.73 3 900 994 20.6 14.3 67 6.4 16.4 187 31 302.8 304.9 293.5 336.7 11.43 4 850 1485 16.1 13.1 82 3.0 14.1 189 31 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.3 11.21 5 800 1998 14.1 6.8 61 7.3 9.7 199 38 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.6 7.74 6 750 2541 11.0 3.2 58 7.9 6.6 214 42 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.42 7 700 3112 6.7 1.2 68 5.5 3.8 227 38 310.0 311.1 291.3 328.5 5.99 8 650 3718 3.2 -0.8 75 4.0 1.1 244 25 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.1 5.58 9 600 4362 -1.0 -5.9 69 4.9 -3.3 256 22 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.1 4.11 10 550 5050 -6.4 -9.9 76 3.5 -7.8 256 30 316.5 317.2 290.9 327.2 3.28 11 500 5788 -11.6 -17.1 63 5.6 -13.4 251 41 318.9 319.3 290.5 325.6 2.00 12 450 6586 -17.3 -22.4 64 5.1 -18.7 248 45 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.4 1.41 13 400 7459 -23.4 -32.8 42 9.4 -25.1 247 48 324.6 324.7 290.8 326.8 0.60 14 350 8420 -31.2 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.6 246 56 326.7 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.60 15 300 9494 -39.3 -39.8 95 0.5 -39.4 240 64 330.0 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.40 16 250 10716 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 232 68 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12135 -61.2 -61.4 98 0.2 -61.2 241 80 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 18 150 13915 -61.2 -77.3 10 16.1 -61.3 259 66 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16400 -66.9 -83.7 8 16.8 -67.0 261 42 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.29 m Freezing level: 611.70 mb = 4211.37 m = 13816.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.11 mb = 3878.94 m = 12726.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.27 mb = 1858.89 m = 6098.66 ft T: 14.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2436.40 m = 7993.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.66 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.66 C K Index: 35.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 463.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.38 mb = 1836.98 m = 6026.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.38 mb = 3225.45 m = 10582.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.38 mb = 12123.30 m = 39774.12 ft B at Equ Level: 968.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.38 mb = 14321.24 m = 46985.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 272.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 13.55 Bulk Shear: 71.56 m/s