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,-98.5 Latitude: 35.01 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 958 437 20.8 18.2 85 2.7 19.0 136 19 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.7 13.83 2 950 510 20.8 17.9 83 3.0 18.8 138 28 298.3 300.8 293.9 338.2 13.70 3 900 977 20.3 14.4 69 5.9 16.4 157 40 302.4 304.6 293.4 336.6 11.55 4 850 1471 19.6 10.1 54 9.5 13.6 188 43 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.5 9.18 5 800 1992 18.0 5.6 44 12.4 10.6 222 39 310.3 311.7 292.3 332.3 7.14 6 750 2540 13.1 4.0 54 9.1 7.9 238 41 310.8 312.1 292.2 331.9 6.82 7 700 3115 8.3 2.3 66 6.0 4.9 247 40 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.7 6.45 8 650 3723 3.3 0.1 80 3.1 1.6 257 34 312.7 313.8 292.0 331.3 5.95 9 600 4367 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 256 42 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.0 5.21 10 550 5055 -6.1 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 251 50 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.77 11 500 5795 -10.3 -17.5 56 7.2 -12.7 248 48 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.1 1.94 12 450 6600 -14.9 -29.4 28 14.5 -18.2 250 44 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.2 0.75 13 400 7479 -21.6 -31.6 40 10.0 -23.5 246 43 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.3 0.68 14 350 8447 -28.8 -37.4 43 8.6 -30.0 247 50 329.9 329.9 292.1 331.5 0.44 15 300 9530 -38.0 -42.0 67 3.9 -38.4 247 53 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.32 16 250 10755 -48.8 -49.6 92 0.8 -48.8 236 57 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.2 0.17 17 200 12180 -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 16416 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.5 -68.2 257 42 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.41 m Freezing level: 614.65 mb = 4177.93 m = 13706.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.13 mb = 3998.02 m = 13116.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.42 % Est. max temperature: 32.79 C = 91.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.33 mb = 774.79 m = 2541.92 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.38 mb = 2715.33 m = 8908.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 581.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 298.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.08 mb = 1612.83 m = 5291.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.08 mb = 3709.01 m = 12168.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.08 mb = 11835.93 m = 38831.32 ft B at Equ Level: 579.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.08 mb = 13912.62 m = 45644.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 791.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 791.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 263.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.4 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.77 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 355.29 m/s