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: 35.19,-98.15 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 963 410 19.2 17.7 91 1.5 18.2 137 19 295.6 298.0 292.8 334.1 13.39 2 950 523 18.7 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 140 29 296.1 298.5 292.9 334.5 13.31 3 900 988 19.4 14.5 73 4.9 16.2 171 35 301.5 303.6 293.3 335.8 11.62 4 850 1480 18.3 10.0 59 8.3 13.1 196 39 305.3 307.0 292.4 332.7 9.13 5 800 1998 16.0 6.1 52 10.0 10.1 219 43 308.3 309.6 291.9 330.8 7.39 6 750 2543 12.1 3.8 57 8.3 7.4 236 42 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.5 6.74 7 700 3117 7.6 2.1 68 5.4 4.5 246 37 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.7 6.39 8 650 3723 3.4 -0.5 76 3.9 1.4 259 25 312.8 313.9 291.9 330.6 5.68 9 600 4368 -1.4 -3.7 84 2.3 -2.5 269 30 314.5 315.5 291.7 329.9 4.85 10 550 5056 -5.9 -7.6 88 1.7 -6.6 259 43 317.1 317.9 291.7 329.8 3.94 11 500 5796 -10.4 -14.5 72 4.1 -11.9 251 48 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.7 2.49 12 450 6600 -15.5 -22.7 54 7.2 -17.5 249 45 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.5 1.37 13 400 7478 -21.5 -29.0 51 7.5 -23.1 247 45 327.1 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.87 14 350 8448 -28.8 -36.6 47 7.8 -29.9 245 49 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.47 15 300 9530 -37.9 -42.1 65 4.2 -38.2 238 48 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.2 0.32 16 250 10757 -49.0 -49.5 95 0.5 -49.0 237 54 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 17 200 12180 -60.6 -60.9 95 0.4 -60.6 241 59 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 18 150 13952 -63.3 -76.8 14 13.5 -63.4 253 63 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16414 -67.9 -83.5 9 15.6 -68.0 259 43 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.89 m Freezing level: 614.41 mb = 4181.85 m = 13719.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.32 mb = 3945.10 m = 12943.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.44 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.77 mb = 597.68 m = 1960.88 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.93 mb = 2554.77 m = 8381.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.26 C = 91.86 F Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.14 mb = 1387.83 m = 4553.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.14 mb = 4049.95 m = 13287.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.14 mb = 11174.59 m = 36661.59 ft B at Equ Level: 298.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.14 mb = 13396.92 m = 43952.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 691.7 neg: -6.7 tot: 685.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.3 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 291.10 m/s