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,-98.63 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 957 450 21.5 17.6 78 3.9 18.8 145 16 298.4 300.8 293.6 337.1 13.31 2 950 512 21.6 17.4 77 4.3 18.7 146 23 299.1 301.6 293.7 337.7 13.24 3 900 980 20.8 14.2 66 6.5 16.4 164 38 302.9 305.0 293.5 336.7 11.39 4 850 1474 19.4 10.5 57 8.8 13.7 188 43 306.4 308.2 293.0 334.9 9.44 5 800 1994 17.0 7.0 52 10.0 10.9 213 40 309.3 310.8 292.6 333.4 7.86 6 750 2540 12.5 4.4 57 8.2 7.8 230 40 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.8 6.99 7 700 3115 8.2 2.4 67 5.7 4.9 243 39 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.54 8 650 3722 3.2 0.4 82 2.8 1.7 251 33 312.6 313.7 292.1 331.5 6.07 9 600 4366 -1.5 -2.5 92 1.1 -2.0 252 40 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.2 5.29 10 550 5054 -6.0 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.7 249 49 316.9 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.93 11 500 5794 -10.3 -18.7 50 8.5 -13.0 247 48 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.74 12 450 6598 -15.2 -30.2 26 15.1 -18.5 249 43 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 13 400 7476 -22.0 -32.1 40 10.1 -23.9 247 44 326.4 326.6 291.4 328.8 0.65 14 350 8444 -29.2 -36.3 50 7.1 -30.2 247 51 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.2 0.49 15 300 9525 -38.2 -41.2 73 3.0 -38.5 247 56 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.35 16 250 10750 -48.9 -49.6 92 0.7 -49.0 238 60 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.16 17 200 12174 -60.2 -60.7 93 0.5 -60.2 243 60 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13951 -63.3 -76.8 14 13.5 -63.4 253 61 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 257 42 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.18 m Freezing level: 615.76 mb = 4163.38 m = 13659.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4005.67 m = 13141.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 949.40 m = 3114.80 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.01 mb = 2685.94 m = 8812.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.27 F Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 34.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 254.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.45 mb = 1715.04 m = 5626.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.45 mb = 3704.13 m = 12152.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.45 mb = 11818.90 m = 38775.44 ft B at Equ Level: 619.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.45 mb = 13891.62 m = 45575.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 661.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 659.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 257.55 m/s