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: 37.35,-98.78 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -98.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 514 SFC 946 552 20.2 16.6 79 3.7 17.8 135 13 298.1 300.4 293.0 334.8 12.63 3 900 980 18.6 15.3 81 3.4 16.4 163 26 300.7 303.0 293.4 336.6 12.22 4 850 1470 15.8 13.4 85 2.5 14.2 190 29 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.5 11.41 5 800 1983 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 203 31 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.9 10.37 6 750 2522 9.3 7.6 89 1.6 8.3 213 33 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.2 8.78 7 700 3092 6.9 2.4 73 4.5 4.4 225 29 310.1 311.3 291.7 330.2 6.51 8 650 3698 3.7 -3.8 58 7.5 0.1 227 23 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.3 4.46 9 600 4342 -1.4 -10.9 48 9.5 -5.3 234 27 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.5 2.77 10 550 5029 -6.0 -22.8 25 16.8 -10.9 239 34 316.9 317.2 289.0 320.7 1.11 11 500 5768 -11.0 -32.8 15 21.8 -15.7 238 40 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.3 0.48 12 450 6567 -16.9 -34.5 20 17.5 -20.2 239 42 322.0 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.46 13 400 7439 -23.9 -34.2 38 10.3 -25.6 239 46 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.8 0.53 14 350 8398 -31.9 -37.1 60 5.2 -32.5 236 51 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.45 15 300 9467 -40.6 -46.9 51 6.3 -41.1 239 50 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.19 16 250 10681 -50.6 -54.3 65 3.7 -50.7 240 51 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12102 -59.6 -60.7 87 1.1 -59.6 244 57 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 18 150 13885 -63.0 -77.5 12 14.5 -63.1 254 50 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16371 -64.1 -83.8 5 19.7 -64.3 268 38 403.9 403.9 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.02 m Freezing level: 613.66 mb = 4166.19 m = 13668.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.27 mb = 3707.14 m = 12162.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.56 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.84 mb = 1020.14 m = 3346.89 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1754.74 m = 5756.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.81 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 35.74 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.78 mb = 1432.09 m = 4698.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.78 mb = 3838.19 m = 12592.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.78 mb = 11828.11 m = 38805.66 ft B at Equ Level: 966.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.78 mb = 14361.67 m = 47117.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 309.4 neg: -11.7 tot: 297.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.83 Bulk Rich Number: 8.52 Bulk Shear: 114.56 m/s