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: 35.12,-98.47 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 958 445 20.4 18.1 86 2.3 18.8 137 18 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.0 13.74 2 950 513 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.7 139 26 297.9 300.3 293.7 337.5 13.65 3 900 980 19.8 14.5 71 5.4 16.3 160 37 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.2 11.60 4 850 1473 19.1 10.2 56 9.0 13.5 190 42 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.0 9.21 5 800 1993 17.2 6.2 48 11.0 10.6 218 41 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.44 6 750 2539 12.7 4.1 56 8.6 7.7 235 41 310.3 311.6 292.1 331.5 6.86 7 700 3114 8.2 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 245 40 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.7 6.46 8 650 3722 3.4 -0.0 78 3.4 1.5 255 31 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.2 5.89 9 600 4366 -1.4 -3.0 89 1.5 -2.2 256 39 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.7 5.13 10 550 5054 -6.1 -7.8 88 1.6 -6.9 252 49 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.3 3.87 11 500 5794 -10.3 -17.7 55 7.4 -12.8 248 49 320.5 320.8 290.8 326.9 1.90 12 450 6598 -15.1 -29.2 29 14.2 -18.3 249 44 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.76 13 400 7477 -21.7 -31.4 41 9.7 -23.6 246 44 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.3 0.69 14 350 8445 -28.9 -37.2 45 8.3 -30.1 246 51 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.45 15 300 9527 -38.1 -42.4 64 4.3 -38.5 246 53 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.8 0.31 16 250 10752 -48.9 -49.8 90 0.9 -49.0 237 58 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 17 200 12177 -60.3 -60.8 93 0.5 -60.3 242 59 337.3 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13952 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 253 61 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16415 -67.6 -83.5 9 15.9 -67.7 259 43 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.09 m Freezing level: 615.02 mb = 4172.44 m = 13688.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 3980.70 m = 13059.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.62 % Est. max temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.54 mb = 738.64 m = 2423.34 ft T: 20.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 5.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.45 mb = 2657.50 m = 8718.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.62 C = 92.51 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.75 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 519.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.38 mb = 1560.40 m = 5119.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.38 mb = 3766.74 m = 12357.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.38 mb = 11674.30 m = 38301.03 ft B at Equ Level: 517.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.38 mb = 13694.81 m = 44929.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 736.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 733.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.30 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 313.04 m/s