MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.63,-98.90 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -98.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 952 510 26.6 15.6 51 11.0 19.1 182 18 304.0 306.1 294.1 339.0 11.75 2 950 529 25.9 15.3 52 10.6 18.7 182 21 303.4 305.6 293.8 337.8 11.57 3 900 1002 21.2 14.1 64 7.0 16.5 185 29 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.0 11.33 4 850 1494 16.9 12.6 76 4.2 14.1 189 29 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.2 10.88 5 800 2008 13.7 9.2 74 4.5 10.9 194 29 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.14 6 750 2551 11.4 3.8 59 7.7 7.1 203 31 309.0 310.3 291.6 329.6 6.70 7 700 3124 7.8 -0.2 57 8.0 3.6 221 39 311.2 312.2 291.2 328.1 5.41 8 650 3730 2.7 -1.5 74 4.2 0.5 234 39 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.5 5.27 9 600 4373 -1.6 -4.0 84 2.4 -2.7 259 28 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.4 4.76 10 550 5060 -6.4 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.4 258 32 316.4 317.2 291.2 328.2 3.65 11 500 5798 -11.5 -15.6 72 4.0 -12.9 253 39 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.6 2.28 12 450 6598 -16.7 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.4 249 42 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.9 1.35 13 400 7472 -23.2 -26.5 74 3.3 -23.9 250 45 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.7 1.09 14 350 8435 -30.5 -31.4 92 0.9 -30.7 249 53 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.5 0.79 15 300 9511 -39.0 -39.0 99 0.1 -39.0 248 59 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.1 0.43 16 250 10733 -49.7 -50.1 95 0.5 -49.7 245 65 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12153 -60.7 -61.1 96 0.3 -60.7 252 68 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 18 150 13932 -62.5 -76.9 13 14.4 -62.7 260 63 362.3 362.3 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16406 -66.7 -83.6 8 16.9 -66.8 267 45 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.78 m Freezing level: 618.29 mb = 4137.73 m = 13575.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3833.56 m = 12577.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.46 mb = 1897.75 m = 6226.13 ft T: 14.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.17 mb = 2582.01 m = 8471.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.65 C = 88.97 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 33.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 955.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.94 mb = 1913.67 m = 6278.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.94 mb = 3556.38 m = 11667.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.94 mb = 12343.46 m = 40496.41 ft B at Equ Level: 932.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.94 mb = 14183.16 m = 46532.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 251.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 13.02 Bulk Shear: 73.35 m/s