MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.99,-98.39 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 960 420 20.4 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 134 19 296.9 299.4 293.5 336.7 13.75 2 950 514 20.2 17.8 86 2.4 18.6 136 29 297.7 300.1 293.6 337.2 13.64 3 900 982 20.1 14.6 71 5.5 16.5 159 38 302.2 304.4 293.5 336.8 11.69 4 850 1475 19.3 10.4 56 8.9 13.7 189 42 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.6 9.35 5 800 1995 17.4 5.9 47 11.5 10.6 221 40 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.2 7.31 6 750 2542 12.8 4.1 55 8.7 7.8 237 41 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.7 6.86 7 700 3117 8.0 2.3 67 5.7 4.8 247 39 311.3 312.5 292.1 331.4 6.46 8 650 3724 3.1 0.1 81 3.0 1.5 259 32 312.5 313.6 292.0 331.1 5.95 9 600 4368 -1.4 -2.9 89 1.6 -2.1 260 39 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.8 5.14 10 550 5056 -5.9 -7.9 85 2.1 -6.8 254 48 317.1 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.83 11 500 5797 -10.2 -15.9 63 5.7 -12.2 249 48 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.1 2.22 12 450 6601 -15.1 -25.9 39 10.8 -17.8 249 44 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.03 13 400 7480 -21.5 -30.1 46 8.6 -23.2 246 42 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.78 14 350 8450 -28.8 -36.8 46 7.9 -30.0 246 48 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.47 15 300 9532 -38.0 -41.7 68 3.7 -38.3 245 49 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.1 0.33 16 250 10758 -48.8 -49.4 93 0.6 -48.8 236 55 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12183 -60.2 -60.9 92 0.7 -60.2 242 58 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13958 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 254 62 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16417 -68.2 -83.5 9 15.3 -68.3 258 42 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.86 m Freezing level: 615.26 mb = 4171.08 m = 13684.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.10 mb = 3986.57 m = 13079.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.30 C = 90.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.18 mb = 705.86 m = 2315.80 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.29 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.70 mb = 2634.66 m = 8643.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.90 C = 93.02 F Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 281.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.84 mb = 1516.89 m = 4976.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.84 mb = 3588.20 m = 11772.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.84 mb = 11845.73 m = 38863.47 ft B at Equ Level: 545.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.84 mb = 13924.15 m = 45682.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 776.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 776.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 258.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 11.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.57 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 350.67 m/s