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: 36.82,-98.56 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 428 21.2 17.4 79 3.7 18.7 141 14 297.8 300.1 293.3 335.9 13.16 2 950 520 21.3 17.2 78 4.0 18.5 142 21 298.8 301.2 293.6 337.0 13.12 3 900 988 18.5 15.9 85 2.6 16.8 167 28 300.6 302.9 293.8 338.0 12.73 4 850 1477 15.2 14.0 92 1.2 14.4 188 29 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.2 11.89 5 800 1989 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 204 34 304.0 306.0 293.3 336.0 10.73 6 750 2528 9.6 6.0 79 3.5 7.5 216 38 307.0 308.4 291.9 330.8 7.86 7 700 3099 6.9 2.6 74 4.3 4.5 230 35 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.6 6.61 8 650 3705 3.7 -2.6 63 6.3 0.5 235 23 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.5 4.86 9 600 4349 -1.4 -7.5 63 6.1 -4.1 239 26 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.1 3.62 10 550 5036 -6.2 -17.3 41 11.1 -10.0 242 37 316.7 317.0 289.6 322.7 1.79 11 500 5774 -11.2 -26.3 28 15.0 -15.0 240 43 319.3 319.5 289.5 322.5 0.89 12 450 6574 -16.8 -31.6 27 14.8 -19.8 241 42 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.3 0.61 13 400 7446 -23.5 -31.9 46 8.4 -25.0 242 45 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.66 14 350 8407 -31.4 -35.2 69 3.8 -31.9 239 51 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.4 0.54 15 300 9478 -40.1 -43.6 69 3.5 -40.4 241 52 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 16 250 10695 -49.9 -53.9 62 4.0 -50.1 240 62 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 17 200 12118 -59.7 -62.2 73 2.5 -59.7 245 63 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 18 150 13898 -62.9 -79.3 9 16.4 -63.0 256 53 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16382 -64.8 -83.7 6 19.0 -64.9 265 42 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.27 m Freezing level: 613.55 mb = 4174.69 m = 13696.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.16 mb = 3777.46 m = 12393.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.90 mb = 902.82 m = 2961.97 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 15.49 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1521.50 m = 4991.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -3.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.49 mb = 1263.15 m = 4144.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.49 mb = 1920.72 m = 6301.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.49 mb = 3022.44 m = 9916.03 ft B at Equ Level: 15.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.49 mb = 14476.32 m = 47493.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.3 neg: -11.6 tot: 373.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 144.79 m/s