MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.60,-98.70 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 952 497 23.2 13.9 56 9.4 17.1 189 15 300.6 302.5 292.2 331.6 10.53 2 950 515 23.6 13.8 54 9.8 17.2 189 16 301.2 303.1 292.3 332.1 10.49 3 900 986 21.9 11.1 50 10.8 15.0 196 34 304.0 305.8 292.2 331.6 9.23 4 850 1480 18.7 9.2 54 9.6 12.8 204 36 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.7 8.61 5 800 1997 14.8 7.0 59 7.9 10.1 209 33 307.0 308.4 291.9 330.8 7.87 6 750 2540 11.2 4.2 62 7.1 7.2 219 31 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.0 6.90 7 700 3113 7.7 2.2 68 5.5 4.6 231 30 311.0 312.3 292.0 331.0 6.43 8 650 3720 3.7 -0.6 74 4.3 1.5 243 21 313.1 314.2 292.0 330.9 5.66 9 600 4365 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.1 -2.9 249 27 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.2 4.58 10 550 5052 -5.9 -10.8 68 4.9 -7.9 246 42 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.0 3.04 11 500 5793 -10.5 -21.7 39 11.2 -13.8 241 46 320.2 320.5 290.2 324.8 1.35 12 450 6595 -16.1 -29.8 30 13.7 -19.1 243 43 323.0 323.2 290.5 325.6 0.72 13 400 7469 -22.9 -30.5 50 7.6 -24.4 243 46 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.9 0.75 14 350 8435 -29.6 -32.2 78 2.6 -30.0 241 53 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.5 0.73 15 300 9514 -38.5 -39.5 91 1.0 -38.6 248 63 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.41 16 250 10737 -49.3 -49.5 98 0.2 -49.3 251 74 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12159 -60.9 -61.2 97 0.3 -61.0 252 77 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.05 18 150 13933 -63.5 -76.8 15 13.3 -63.6 256 63 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16406 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 267 40 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.85 m Freezing level: 613.14 mb = 4195.28 m = 13763.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.10 mb = 3932.17 m = 12900.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.35 mb = 1689.42 m = 5542.65 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.95 mb = 3136.72 m = 10290.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.63 C = 92.54 F Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 271.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.26 mb = 2271.80 m = 7453.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.26 mb = 4920.53 m = 16143.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.26 mb = 8246.23 m = 27054.22 ft B at Equ Level: 60.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.26 mb = 10756.18 m = 35288.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 260.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.4 neg: -10.9 tot: 182.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 52.24 m/s