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: 35.53,-99.26 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -99.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 512 SFC 945 558 22.8 14.4 59 8.5 17.3 174 14 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.1 10.97 3 900 982 20.8 13.5 63 7.3 16.0 183 29 302.9 304.9 293.1 335.2 10.87 4 850 1475 17.7 11.9 69 5.8 14.0 192 41 304.7 306.7 293.3 335.8 10.39 5 800 1991 14.3 9.1 71 5.2 11.0 201 44 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.8 9.08 6 750 2534 11.4 4.9 64 6.5 7.6 217 42 308.9 310.3 292.0 331.1 7.25 7 700 3108 8.3 2.7 68 5.6 5.1 230 34 311.7 312.9 292.3 332.3 6.64 8 650 3715 3.5 0.2 79 3.3 1.7 237 31 312.9 314.1 292.2 331.7 5.98 9 600 4360 -1.6 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.6 240 39 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.91 10 550 5047 -6.3 -9.1 81 2.8 -7.5 238 50 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.9 3.50 11 500 5786 -10.9 -23.7 34 12.8 -14.5 238 50 319.7 320.0 289.9 323.6 1.13 12 450 6587 -16.2 -35.9 17 19.6 -19.8 240 46 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.40 13 400 7461 -23.1 -34.0 36 11.0 -24.9 244 49 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.54 14 350 8423 -30.9 -34.3 72 3.5 -31.4 244 53 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.60 15 300 9498 -39.1 -39.9 92 0.8 -39.1 245 62 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.40 16 250 10719 -49.5 -51.1 83 1.6 -49.6 240 67 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 17 200 12142 -59.7 -60.9 85 1.2 -59.7 239 67 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.05 18 150 13925 -62.8 -77.5 12 14.7 -62.9 251 60 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16410 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.8 260 41 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.03 m Freezing level: 615.68 mb = 4157.47 m = 13639.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.91 mb = 3968.07 m = 13018.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.38 mb = 1632.62 m = 5356.30 ft T: 16.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2757.57 m = 9047.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 183.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.01 mb = 1937.67 m = 6357.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 630.01 mb = 3966.75 m = 13014.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.01 mb = 11250.78 m = 36911.56 ft B at Equ Level: 554.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.01 mb = 13524.39 m = 44370.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 40.3 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 30.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 382.7 neg: -7.7 tot: 374.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.02 Bulk Shear: 110.73 m/s