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: 35.09,-98.53 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -98.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 957 447 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 139 18 297.6 300.1 293.6 337.3 13.68 2 950 512 20.8 17.8 83 3.1 18.7 140 25 298.3 300.8 293.8 337.8 13.58 3 900 979 20.1 14.4 70 5.7 16.4 160 38 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.4 11.54 4 850 1473 19.3 10.2 56 9.1 13.6 189 43 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.25 5 800 1993 17.3 6.3 48 11.0 10.7 217 40 309.6 311.0 292.4 332.7 7.50 6 750 2539 12.7 4.2 56 8.6 7.8 234 41 310.4 311.7 292.2 331.7 6.89 7 700 3115 8.3 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 245 40 311.6 312.9 292.2 331.8 6.48 8 650 3722 3.3 0.1 79 3.2 1.6 254 32 312.7 313.9 292.1 331.3 5.94 9 600 4366 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 254 40 314.5 315.4 292.0 330.9 5.19 10 550 5054 -6.1 -7.8 88 1.7 -6.9 250 49 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.3 3.86 11 500 5794 -10.3 -18.2 53 7.8 -12.9 248 49 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.7 1.83 12 450 6598 -15.0 -30.1 26 15.1 -18.4 249 44 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.70 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 -37.1 45 8.1 -30.1 246 51 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.45 15 300 9527 -38.1 -42.1 67 3.9 -38.5 247 54 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.8 0.32 16 250 10752 -48.9 -49.8 90 0.9 -48.9 237 59 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 17 200 12176 -60.2 -60.8 93 0.6 -60.2 242 59 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13952 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 253 61 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.6 -83.5 9 15.9 -67.7 258 42 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.05 m Freezing level: 615.12 mb = 4171.28 m = 13685.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 3990.79 m = 13093.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.35 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.73 mb = 801.20 m = 2628.58 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 6.12 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.30 mb = 2681.75 m = 8798.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.70 C = 92.66 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.03 mb = 1614.64 m = 5297.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.03 mb = 3708.95 m = 12168.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.03 mb = 11833.67 m = 38823.90 ft B at Equ Level: 559.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.03 mb = 13909.98 m = 45635.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 729.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 727.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 242.4 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: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 307.13 m/s