MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-98.94 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -98.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 953 494 19.0 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 147 19 296.2 298.6 292.9 334.3 13.22 2 950 521 19.1 17.2 89 1.8 17.8 147 22 296.5 298.9 292.9 334.5 13.14 3 900 985 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 160 41 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.6 12.45 4 850 1476 18.2 11.5 65 6.7 13.9 188 47 305.2 307.0 293.2 335.4 10.08 5 800 1993 14.3 10.2 76 4.1 11.7 200 45 306.4 308.3 293.3 336.0 9.81 6 750 2535 10.5 8.0 84 2.5 9.0 213 44 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.3 9.00 7 700 3107 6.3 5.2 92 1.1 5.6 223 44 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.9 7.95 8 650 3711 2.7 -0.6 79 3.4 1.0 236 43 312.0 313.1 291.6 329.6 5.63 9 600 4354 -1.5 -9.1 56 7.6 -4.8 237 45 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.7 3.20 10 550 5041 -6.3 -17.5 41 11.2 -10.1 235 46 316.6 316.9 289.5 322.5 1.76 11 500 5779 -11.0 -21.2 43 10.1 -14.0 236 47 319.6 319.8 290.1 324.4 1.41 12 450 6580 -16.5 -23.9 53 7.4 -18.4 238 48 322.5 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.23 13 400 7454 -22.6 -27.7 63 5.1 -23.7 242 48 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.98 14 350 8420 -30.0 -31.7 85 1.6 -30.3 237 53 328.3 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.77 15 300 9497 -39.0 -40.4 86 1.4 -39.1 238 61 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.38 16 250 10720 -48.8 -52.6 64 3.8 -48.9 235 59 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12148 -59.3 -62.2 69 2.9 -59.4 231 55 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 13934 -63.1 -77.3 13 14.2 -63.3 247 55 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16407 -65.9 -83.6 7 17.7 -66.0 270 42 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.04 m Freezing level: 617.97 mb = 4123.32 m = 13527.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3815.07 m = 12516.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.22 mb = 701.53 m = 2301.57 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 13.52 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.64 mb = 2187.87 m = 7177.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 558.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.32 mb = 1322.46 m = 4338.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.32 mb = 3339.41 m = 10955.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.32 mb = 11244.64 m = 36891.41 ft B at Equ Level: 552.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.32 mb = 13520.66 m = 44358.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 667.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 667.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.13 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 230.64 m/s