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: 36.61,-98.15 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 963 400 21.7 17.3 76 4.4 18.7 121 10 298.1 300.4 293.3 335.8 12.99 2 950 517 22.4 17.0 72 5.4 18.7 130 18 299.9 302.3 293.8 337.8 12.96 3 900 987 20.0 15.2 74 4.8 16.8 170 20 302.1 304.3 293.8 338.0 12.15 4 850 1478 17.1 13.1 77 4.0 14.5 194 28 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.4 11.20 5 800 1994 13.5 11.0 85 2.5 11.9 201 39 305.5 307.5 293.4 336.6 10.34 6 750 2535 10.1 6.8 80 3.3 8.2 211 39 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.8 8.30 7 700 3107 7.4 1.1 64 6.3 4.0 228 32 310.7 311.8 291.5 329.2 5.95 8 650 3713 3.5 -1.2 71 4.7 1.1 247 24 313.0 314.0 291.7 330.0 5.41 9 600 4358 -1.2 -5.6 72 4.4 -3.3 251 22 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.1 4.20 10 550 5045 -6.2 -13.1 58 6.8 -8.8 255 30 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.0 2.54 11 500 5784 -10.9 -21.1 43 10.2 -14.0 252 37 319.7 320.0 290.1 324.5 1.42 12 450 6585 -16.3 -28.2 35 11.9 -19.0 249 39 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.6 0.83 13 400 7459 -23.5 -30.6 52 7.2 -24.8 247 44 324.5 324.6 290.9 327.1 0.75 14 350 8420 -30.7 -32.5 84 1.8 -31.0 246 53 327.4 327.5 291.7 330.0 0.71 15 300 9496 -39.3 -39.5 98 0.2 -39.3 247 59 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.5 0.41 16 250 10717 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 251 74 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12136 -60.7 -61.4 92 0.7 -60.7 248 72 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 18 150 13914 -63.0 -78.3 11 15.3 -63.1 260 61 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16389 -65.8 -83.6 7 17.8 -66.0 270 42 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.98 m Freezing level: 613.01 mb = 4190.06 m = 13746.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.61 mb = 3868.16 m = 12690.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.15 mb = 966.07 m = 3169.50 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1976.94 m = 6485.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.48 C Showalter Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1073.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.30 mb = 1485.27 m = 4872.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.30 mb = 3535.07 m = 11597.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.30 mb = 12314.36 m = 40400.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1059.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.30 mb = 14588.60 m = 47862.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 402.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 402.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 7.28 Bulk Shear: 147.38 m/s