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: 35.06,-98.55 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 957 445 21.0 17.9 83 3.1 18.9 139 18 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.3 13.62 2 950 511 21.1 17.7 81 3.4 18.8 141 26 298.6 301.0 293.8 337.9 13.53 3 900 979 20.4 14.4 68 6.0 16.4 160 38 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.5 11.50 4 850 1473 19.4 10.3 56 9.1 13.6 189 43 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.5 9.29 5 800 1993 17.4 6.3 48 11.1 10.7 217 40 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.8 7.51 6 750 2540 12.8 4.2 56 8.6 7.8 234 41 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.8 6.90 7 700 3115 8.2 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 245 40 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.49 8 650 3722 3.3 0.2 80 3.1 1.6 254 33 312.7 313.8 292.1 331.4 5.98 9 600 4366 -1.4 -2.7 91 1.3 -2.1 254 41 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.0 5.23 10 550 5054 -6.1 -7.8 87 1.7 -6.8 250 49 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.3 3.86 11 500 5794 -10.3 -18.1 53 7.8 -12.9 248 48 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.7 1.83 12 450 6599 -15.0 -30.0 27 14.9 -18.4 249 44 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.71 13 400 7477 -21.8 -31.8 40 10.0 -23.7 246 44 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.1 0.67 14 350 8445 -29.0 -37.0 46 7.9 -30.1 247 51 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.46 15 300 9527 -38.1 -41.8 68 3.7 -38.5 247 54 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.8 0.32 16 250 10752 -48.9 -49.7 91 0.8 -48.9 237 59 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 17 200 12177 -60.2 -60.8 93 0.6 -60.2 242 59 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13953 -63.3 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.4 253 61 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 258 42 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.26 m Freezing level: 615.18 mb = 4170.82 m = 13683.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.30 mb = 3995.42 m = 13108.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.16 mb = 834.52 m = 2737.88 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.52 mb = 2690.94 m = 8828.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.66 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 277.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.37 mb = 1642.16 m = 5387.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.37 mb = 3742.53 m = 12278.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.37 mb = 11915.30 m = 39091.71 ft B at Equ Level: 582.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.37 mb = 14019.77 m = 45996.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 725.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 724.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 241.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.55 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 304.59 m/s