MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-95.87 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 985 220 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 168 15 293.1 295.4 291.7 329.9 12.94 2 950 531 16.6 16.5 100 0.1 16.6 173 29 294.0 296.3 291.7 329.9 12.56 3 900 992 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 195 38 297.1 299.2 292.1 331.4 11.83 4 850 1476 13.1 12.7 97 0.4 12.9 212 34 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.0 10.95 5 800 1985 10.9 10.1 95 0.8 10.4 227 30 302.8 304.6 292.2 331.8 9.77 6 750 2522 8.2 7.0 92 1.2 7.5 228 30 305.4 307.0 291.9 330.7 8.39 7 700 3089 4.8 3.3 90 1.5 3.9 237 33 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.0 6.94 8 650 3690 0.8 -0.1 93 1.0 0.3 244 38 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.0 5.84 9 600 4329 -3.3 -4.3 93 1.0 -3.8 243 42 312.3 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.64 10 550 5012 -7.6 -11.0 77 3.4 -9.0 237 47 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.7 2.99 11 500 5746 -12.5 -19.6 55 7.2 -14.6 234 51 317.8 318.1 289.8 323.2 1.61 12 450 6542 -18.1 -24.3 58 6.2 -19.6 233 48 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.6 1.19 13 400 7411 -23.7 -30.5 53 6.8 -25.0 228 53 324.1 324.3 290.8 326.8 0.75 14 350 8373 -30.4 -35.4 61 5.0 -31.1 223 62 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.53 15 300 9451 -37.9 -39.5 85 1.6 -38.1 219 77 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.4 0.41 16 250 10680 -47.9 -49.3 86 1.4 -48.0 221 88 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.17 17 200 12114 -59.0 -61.5 72 2.5 -59.0 224 91 339.3 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 13901 -60.0 -78.2 8 18.2 -60.2 248 61 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16400 -64.9 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.0 248 39 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.98 m Freezing level: 639.93 mb = 3818.75 m = 12528.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.19 mb = 3737.10 m = 12260.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.90 mb = 353.45 m = 1159.60 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.75 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 801.57 m = 2629.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.43 C = 70.57 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.22 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.34 mb = 718.39 m = 2356.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.34 mb = 3392.18 m = 11129.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 354.34 mb = 8284.24 m = 27178.94 ft B at Equ Level: 218.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.34 mb = 10827.10 m = 35521.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 331.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 127.80 m/s