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: 37.1,-98.85 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -98.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 513 SFC 949 519 22.2 16.3 69 5.9 18.2 151 12 299.7 302.0 293.3 335.9 12.35 3 900 982 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.5 174 26 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.1 11.89 4 850 1472 16.0 13.1 83 2.9 14.1 190 29 303.0 305.0 293.4 336.3 11.25 5 800 1986 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 202 33 304.2 306.1 293.0 335.0 10.31 6 750 2524 9.2 7.4 88 1.9 8.1 212 35 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.6 8.62 7 700 3095 6.8 2.6 75 4.2 4.5 223 32 310.0 311.2 291.8 330.4 6.61 8 650 3700 3.6 -2.8 63 6.4 0.4 226 23 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.1 4.78 9 600 4344 -1.5 -8.8 58 7.2 -4.7 232 27 314.3 315.0 290.2 324.9 3.28 10 550 5031 -6.1 -22.1 27 15.9 -10.9 237 36 316.8 317.0 289.0 320.9 1.19 11 500 5770 -11.0 -32.7 15 21.7 -15.6 238 42 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.4 0.49 12 450 6569 -16.8 -33.9 21 17.0 -20.1 239 43 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.49 13 400 7441 -23.8 -33.9 39 10.1 -25.5 239 45 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.54 14 350 8400 -31.8 -37.0 60 5.3 -32.4 237 50 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.6 0.46 15 300 9470 -40.4 -47.8 45 7.4 -40.9 240 52 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.17 16 250 10685 -50.2 -53.0 72 2.8 -50.4 241 57 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 17 200 12108 -59.4 -61.0 81 1.6 -59.4 244 58 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 13894 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.1 254 50 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16376 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -65.0 265 40 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.81 m Freezing level: 615.00 mb = 4151.18 m = 13619.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.32 mb = 3746.14 m = 12290.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.68 mb = 1266.20 m = 4154.14 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.22 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1854.31 m = 6083.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.26 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 36.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1005.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.49 mb = 1587.85 m = 5209.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.49 mb = 2375.61 m = 7793.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.49 mb = 2821.89 m = 9258.07 ft B at Equ Level: 13.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.49 mb = 14166.06 m = 46476.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.7 neg: -15.1 tot: 261.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 11.39 Bulk Shear: 88.27 m/s