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: 35.01,-98.47 Latitude: 35.01 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 69 SFC 959 433 20.7 18.2 85 2.5 18.9 135 19 297.4 299.9 293.7 337.4 13.81 2 950 511 20.6 17.9 84 2.8 18.8 138 28 298.1 300.6 293.8 337.9 13.69 3 900 978 20.2 14.5 69 5.8 16.4 158 39 302.4 304.5 293.5 336.6 11.59 4 850 1472 19.5 10.2 55 9.4 13.6 189 43 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.5 9.22 5 800 1993 17.8 5.7 45 12.2 10.6 222 40 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.3 7.18 6 750 2540 13.0 4.0 54 9.0 7.8 238 41 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.8 6.81 7 700 3116 8.2 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 247 40 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.6 6.45 8 650 3723 3.2 0.1 80 3.1 1.6 258 33 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.2 5.95 9 600 4367 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.5 -2.1 257 41 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.0 5.19 10 550 5055 -6.0 -8.1 85 2.1 -6.9 252 49 316.9 317.7 291.5 329.2 3.78 11 500 5795 -10.3 -17.0 58 6.8 -12.5 248 48 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.01 12 450 6600 -14.9 -28.3 31 13.4 -18.1 249 44 324.4 324.6 291.0 327.4 0.82 13 400 7479 -21.6 -31.2 42 9.6 -23.5 246 43 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.71 14 350 8448 -28.8 -37.3 44 8.4 -30.0 247 50 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.5 0.44 15 300 9530 -38.0 -41.9 67 3.9 -38.4 246 52 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.32 16 250 10756 -48.8 -49.5 92 0.7 -48.8 236 57 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.2 0.17 17 200 12181 -60.2 -60.8 92 0.7 -60.2 243 59 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13957 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 253 61 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16417 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 258 42 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.38 m Freezing level: 614.81 mb = 4176.11 m = 13700.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 3993.09 m = 13100.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.84 % Est. max temperature: 32.66 C = 90.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.53 mb = 755.27 m = 2477.89 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 10.57 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.23 mb = 2694.76 m = 8840.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.36 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 570.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 294.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.76 mb = 1586.28 m = 5204.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.76 mb = 3675.60 m = 12058.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.76 mb = 11755.97 m = 38569.00 ft B at Equ Level: 570.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.76 mb = 13804.41 m = 45289.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 788.8 neg: -0.3 tot: 788.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 262.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.3 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 353.25 m/s