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,-98.70 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 956 459 21.7 17.1 75 4.6 18.6 150 15 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.4 12.97 2 950 513 22.0 17.0 73 5.0 18.6 151 21 299.5 301.8 293.6 337.2 12.93 3 900 982 20.8 14.1 65 6.7 16.4 168 36 303.0 305.0 293.4 336.5 11.32 4 850 1476 19.1 10.8 59 8.3 13.8 189 42 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.61 5 800 1995 16.4 7.6 56 8.7 11.0 208 41 308.6 310.1 292.7 333.7 8.23 6 750 2540 12.2 4.5 60 7.6 7.8 226 40 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.6 7.07 7 700 3115 8.1 2.5 68 5.6 5.0 240 38 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.9 6.57 8 650 3722 3.2 0.5 82 2.7 1.7 248 32 312.6 313.7 292.2 331.6 6.10 9 600 4366 -1.5 -2.5 93 0.9 -2.0 250 38 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.31 10 550 5054 -6.1 -7.3 91 1.2 -6.6 247 48 316.9 317.6 291.7 329.8 4.02 11 500 5794 -10.3 -19.4 47 9.1 -13.2 246 48 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.0 1.64 12 450 6597 -15.4 -30.9 25 15.6 -18.7 248 43 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.64 13 400 7474 -22.2 -32.4 39 10.2 -24.1 247 45 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.4 0.63 14 350 8441 -29.4 -35.7 55 6.3 -30.3 247 52 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.0 0.52 15 300 9521 -38.4 -40.9 77 2.5 -38.6 248 58 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.36 16 250 10746 -49.0 -49.8 92 0.7 -49.1 239 61 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12170 -60.2 -60.6 94 0.5 -60.2 242 61 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.05 18 150 13947 -63.2 -76.8 14 13.7 -63.3 253 61 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16414 -67.0 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.1 258 42 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.92 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4155.38 m = 13632.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.08 mb = 4010.72 m = 13158.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.84 mb = 1041.63 m = 3417.39 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.96 mb = 2663.80 m = 8739.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.04 C = 91.47 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.42 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 34.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 621.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 233.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.75 mb = 1754.84 m = 5757.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.75 mb = 3624.89 m = 11892.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.75 mb = 11927.17 m = 39130.66 ft B at Equ Level: 616.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.75 mb = 14038.79 m = 46058.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 597.0 neg: -2.8 tot: 594.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 198.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.20 Bulk Rich Number: 2.94 Bulk Shear: 211.46 m/s