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: 36.00,-99.10 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 516 SFC 942 589 23.0 14.0 57 9.0 17.1 185 17 301.2 303.2 292.4 332.8 10.71 3 900 986 20.3 13.0 63 7.3 15.5 190 31 302.4 304.4 292.7 333.6 10.50 4 850 1477 16.7 10.9 68 5.8 13.0 199 37 303.7 305.4 292.4 332.5 9.66 5 800 1991 13.5 8.2 70 5.3 10.3 208 37 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.3 8.56 6 750 2533 10.8 5.0 67 5.8 7.4 218 38 308.3 309.6 291.9 330.6 7.29 7 700 3105 7.6 2.7 71 4.9 4.8 227 33 310.9 312.2 292.1 331.5 6.64 8 650 3712 3.5 0.0 78 3.4 1.7 232 23 312.9 314.0 292.1 331.4 5.91 9 600 4356 -2.0 -3.8 87 1.8 -2.9 238 31 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.82 10 550 5042 -7.2 -9.5 84 2.3 -8.1 238 46 315.5 316.2 290.7 326.5 3.39 11 500 5778 -12.0 -20.4 49 8.4 -14.5 237 52 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.51 12 450 6576 -17.0 -35.6 18 18.6 -20.3 237 49 321.8 321.9 289.8 323.3 0.41 13 400 7449 -23.3 -34.3 36 11.0 -25.1 238 51 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.7 0.53 14 350 8410 -31.1 -35.6 64 4.6 -31.7 240 54 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.8 0.52 15 300 9484 -39.3 -42.9 69 3.6 -39.6 243 58 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.29 16 250 10706 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.4 244 75 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.17 17 200 12129 -59.5 -61.2 80 1.7 -59.6 244 70 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 18 150 13911 -62.0 -78.1 10 16.1 -62.1 251 59 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16403 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.8 263 41 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.69 m Freezing level: 618.04 mb = 4123.99 m = 13529.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.60 mb = 3943.48 m = 12937.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.01 mb = 1730.19 m = 5676.42 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 2.99 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.52 mb = 2774.02 m = 9101.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 34.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 390.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.24 mb = 1978.16 m = 6489.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 616.24 mb = 4141.45 m = 13587.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.24 mb = 10802.38 m = 35440.44 ft B at Equ Level: 386.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.24 mb = 12912.64 m = 42363.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.1 neg: -28.5 tot: 205.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 5.60 Bulk Shear: 69.67 m/s