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: 36.15,-99.67 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -99.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 501 SFC 930 687 23.4 13.7 54 9.7 17.0 181 18 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.2 10.63 3 900 972 21.8 13.1 58 8.7 16.1 186 31 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.6 10.59 4 850 1465 17.3 12.1 71 5.2 14.0 192 37 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.6 10.49 5 800 1980 13.5 10.0 79 3.5 11.3 206 39 305.5 307.3 292.9 334.6 9.67 6 750 2522 11.4 5.4 67 6.0 7.9 216 36 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.0 7.53 7 700 3096 8.2 2.1 65 6.1 4.8 220 28 311.6 312.8 292.1 331.5 6.40 8 650 3704 3.3 -1.1 73 4.4 1.0 223 28 312.7 313.7 291.6 329.8 5.44 9 600 4347 -2.0 -6.6 70 4.6 -4.1 228 37 313.8 314.6 290.6 326.2 3.88 10 550 5032 -6.7 -16.1 47 9.4 -10.0 228 48 316.1 316.5 289.6 322.7 1.98 11 500 5770 -11.4 -30.1 20 18.7 -15.7 228 50 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.63 12 450 6569 -17.0 -31.6 27 14.5 -20.0 229 48 321.8 321.9 290.0 324.0 0.61 13 400 7441 -23.6 -32.2 45 8.6 -25.1 232 52 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.7 0.64 14 350 8402 -31.1 -35.3 66 4.2 -31.7 240 57 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.54 15 300 9476 -39.3 -41.0 84 1.7 -39.4 245 59 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.35 16 250 10697 -49.4 -49.7 96 0.3 -49.4 244 70 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 17 200 12121 -59.8 -60.8 89 1.0 -59.9 245 59 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 18 150 13912 -62.1 -77.7 11 15.6 -62.2 252 53 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16396 -65.4 -83.7 6 18.3 -65.5 264 38 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.88 m Freezing level: 618.86 mb = 4104.32 m = 13465.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3827.83 m = 12558.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.37 mb = 1912.70 m = 6275.18 ft T: 14.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 14.29 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2833.44 m = 9295.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.06 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 711.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.00 mb = 2085.70 m = 6842.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.00 mb = 3891.27 m = 12766.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.00 mb = 11369.57 m = 37301.29 ft B at Equ Level: 709.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.00 mb = 13707.71 m = 44972.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.5 neg: -25.7 tot: 197.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 11.45 Bulk Shear: 62.19 m/s