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: 35.26,-98.31 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 959 438 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 140 18 296.3 298.7 293.1 335.2 13.50 2 950 519 19.4 17.6 89 1.8 18.2 142 26 296.9 299.3 293.2 335.7 13.43 3 900 985 19.4 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 168 34 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.5 11.55 4 850 1477 18.4 9.9 58 8.5 13.1 194 40 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.7 9.07 5 800 1995 16.2 6.4 52 9.8 10.3 216 42 308.4 309.8 292.1 331.5 7.55 6 750 2540 12.1 4.0 58 8.1 7.5 234 42 309.8 311.0 291.9 330.8 6.82 7 700 3114 7.9 2.2 67 5.7 4.8 244 39 311.3 312.5 292.0 331.2 6.42 8 650 3721 3.6 -0.5 75 4.1 1.4 254 27 313.0 314.1 292.0 330.9 5.70 9 600 4366 -1.5 -3.5 86 2.0 -2.4 261 33 314.4 315.4 291.7 330.1 4.93 10 550 5054 -6.2 -7.5 90 1.3 -6.8 255 45 316.8 317.5 291.6 329.5 3.96 11 500 5793 -10.5 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.6 250 49 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.07 12 450 6597 -15.3 -26.4 38 11.0 -18.1 249 45 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 0.99 13 400 7475 -21.7 -30.6 45 8.9 -23.5 247 45 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.4 0.75 14 350 8444 -28.9 -37.2 45 8.2 -30.1 246 51 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.45 15 300 9526 -38.1 -42.7 62 4.7 -38.5 242 52 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.29 16 250 10751 -49.0 -49.9 91 0.9 -49.1 238 57 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 17 200 12175 -60.5 -60.9 96 0.4 -60.5 241 60 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 18 150 13947 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 253 62 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16412 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 260 43 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.97 m Freezing level: 614.48 mb = 4179.28 m = 13711.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 3953.14 m = 12969.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.89 mb = 666.66 m = 2187.17 ft T: 19.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2587.90 m = 8490.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.06 C = 91.51 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 279.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.36 mb = 1473.12 m = 4833.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.36 mb = 4032.67 m = 13230.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.36 mb = 11413.26 m = 37444.61 ft B at Equ Level: 357.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.36 mb = 13346.63 m = 43787.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 664.7 neg: -8.2 tot: 656.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 265.58 m/s