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,-98.63 Latitude: 35.12 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 71 SFC 956 455 21.3 17.5 79 3.8 18.7 145 16 298.2 300.6 293.5 336.8 13.27 2 950 513 21.5 17.3 77 4.1 18.7 146 22 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.5 13.22 3 900 981 20.5 14.2 67 6.2 16.4 165 36 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.4 11.42 4 850 1475 19.1 10.6 58 8.6 13.7 189 42 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.7 9.46 5 800 1994 16.7 7.2 53 9.5 10.9 211 41 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.3 7.97 6 750 2540 12.4 4.4 58 8.0 7.8 229 40 310.0 311.3 292.2 331.6 7.00 7 700 3115 8.2 2.4 67 5.7 4.9 242 39 311.5 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.53 8 650 3722 3.3 0.3 81 2.9 1.7 250 32 312.6 313.8 292.1 331.5 6.03 9 600 4366 -1.5 -2.6 92 1.1 -2.1 252 39 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.0 5.26 10 550 5054 -6.1 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.7 249 48 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.6 3.97 11 500 5794 -10.3 -19.0 49 8.6 -13.1 247 48 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.2 1.71 12 450 6597 -15.2 -30.7 25 15.5 -18.6 248 43 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.66 13 400 7475 -22.0 -32.2 39 10.1 -23.9 247 44 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.7 0.64 14 350 8442 -29.3 -36.2 51 7.0 -30.3 246 51 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.49 15 300 9523 -38.3 -41.4 72 3.1 -38.6 247 56 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10748 -49.0 -49.8 91 0.8 -49.0 238 60 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 17 200 12172 -60.2 -60.7 94 0.5 -60.2 242 60 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13948 -63.3 -76.8 14 13.6 -63.4 253 61 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16414 -67.2 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.4 258 42 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.88 m Freezing level: 615.87 mb = 4161.45 m = 13652.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.86 mb = 4000.64 m = 13125.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.60 mb = 937.09 m = 3074.41 ft T: 20.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.87 mb = 2664.48 m = 8741.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.68 mb = 1692.20 m = 5551.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.68 mb = 3675.56 m = 12058.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.68 mb = 11749.68 m = 38548.37 ft B at Equ Level: 594.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.68 mb = 13798.69 m = 45270.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.8 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 261.8 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 645.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 642.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.3 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 244.71 m/s