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,-98.5 Latitude: 35.09 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 70 SFC 957 445 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 137 18 297.4 299.9 293.7 337.3 13.79 2 950 512 20.6 17.9 84 2.8 18.8 139 26 298.1 300.6 293.8 337.8 13.68 3 900 979 20.0 14.5 70 5.5 16.3 159 38 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.3 11.58 4 850 1472 19.3 10.1 55 9.2 13.5 189 43 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.1 9.19 5 800 1992 17.5 6.0 47 11.4 10.6 219 40 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.4 7.37 6 750 2539 12.8 4.1 55 8.7 7.8 236 41 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.7 6.86 7 700 3114 8.3 2.3 66 6.0 4.9 246 40 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.7 6.46 8 650 3722 3.4 0.0 79 3.3 1.6 256 32 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.3 5.91 9 600 4366 -1.4 -2.9 90 1.4 -2.1 255 41 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.8 5.17 10 550 5054 -6.2 -7.9 87 1.7 -6.9 251 49 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.2 3.84 11 500 5794 -10.3 -18.0 53 7.6 -12.8 248 49 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.8 1.86 12 450 6598 -15.0 -30.0 27 15.0 -18.3 249 44 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.9 0.70 13 400 7477 -21.7 -31.7 40 10.0 -23.7 246 44 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.2 0.67 14 350 8446 -28.9 -37.4 44 8.5 -30.1 246 51 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.44 15 300 9527 -38.1 -42.3 65 4.2 -38.5 247 54 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.8 0.31 16 250 10753 -48.9 -49.8 90 0.9 -48.9 237 58 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 17 200 12177 -60.2 -60.8 93 0.6 -60.2 242 59 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13953 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 253 61 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 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: 5724.06 m Freezing level: 614.91 mb = 4173.90 m = 13693.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 3990.76 m = 13092.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.05 mb = 760.38 m = 2494.65 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2683.77 m = 8804.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.80 C = 92.83 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.76 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 288.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.53 mb = 1588.55 m = 5211.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.53 mb = 3802.44 m = 12475.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.53 mb = 11759.59 m = 38580.87 ft B at Equ Level: 546.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.53 mb = 13809.62 m = 45306.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 753.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 751.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 250.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.8 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 325.24 m/s