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,-99.18 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -99.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 516 SFC 948 532 19.4 17.3 88 2.1 18.0 145 19 297.0 299.4 293.2 335.3 13.25 3 900 981 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 158 40 300.0 302.3 293.4 336.5 12.46 4 850 1473 18.7 11.4 63 7.3 14.0 190 45 305.7 307.5 293.2 335.7 9.99 5 800 1991 14.9 9.9 72 5.0 11.7 203 44 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.0 9.59 6 750 2534 10.8 7.7 81 3.1 8.9 214 44 308.2 309.9 293.1 335.0 8.80 7 700 3106 6.4 4.8 90 1.6 5.5 223 44 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.2 7.73 8 650 3710 2.5 -0.9 78 3.4 0.7 234 44 311.8 312.8 291.5 329.0 5.51 9 600 4353 -1.8 -9.6 55 7.8 -5.1 236 45 314.0 314.6 289.9 323.9 3.07 10 550 5039 -6.5 -18.1 39 11.6 -10.3 233 47 316.4 316.7 289.3 322.0 1.68 11 500 5777 -11.0 -21.8 41 10.8 -14.2 234 48 319.6 319.8 290.0 324.2 1.34 12 450 6577 -16.6 -24.6 50 7.9 -18.7 236 50 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.4 1.16 13 400 7451 -22.8 -29.2 56 6.4 -24.1 240 50 325.3 325.5 291.2 328.4 0.85 14 350 8415 -30.2 -33.2 75 3.0 -30.7 237 52 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.66 15 300 9492 -39.1 -39.9 92 0.8 -39.2 236 62 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.39 16 250 10714 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.1 236 61 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12143 -58.8 -62.7 60 3.9 -58.9 234 54 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13932 -62.7 -77.4 12 14.6 -62.9 247 54 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16408 -65.5 -83.6 6 18.1 -65.7 270 42 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.39 m Freezing level: 621.20 mb = 4080.25 m = 13386.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.80 mb = 3787.17 m = 12424.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.12 mb = 791.11 m = 2595.47 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.97 mb = 2291.13 m = 7516.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 738.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.42 mb = 1468.99 m = 4819.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.42 mb = 3159.41 m = 10365.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.42 mb = 11376.67 m = 37324.58 ft B at Equ Level: 732.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.42 mb = 13711.58 m = 44984.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 44.1 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 645.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 645.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 215.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 231.43 m/s