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: 36.69,-98.74 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -98.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 955 467 23.1 15.7 63 7.4 18.1 136 9 300.2 302.4 293.0 334.9 11.82 2 950 509 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.3 139 13 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.2 11.80 3 900 981 21.6 14.1 62 7.5 16.7 173 23 303.8 305.9 293.7 337.6 11.34 4 850 1474 17.7 12.7 73 4.9 14.4 186 29 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.4 10.95 5 800 1989 13.4 11.1 86 2.2 11.9 194 35 305.4 307.3 293.5 336.7 10.45 6 750 2530 9.7 7.6 87 2.1 8.4 203 35 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.5 8.75 7 700 3102 7.6 1.5 65 6.1 4.2 229 28 310.9 312.1 291.7 329.8 6.09 8 650 3709 3.4 -0.9 73 4.3 1.1 241 23 312.8 313.8 291.7 330.1 5.50 9 600 4353 -1.7 -4.9 79 3.2 -3.2 246 24 314.1 315.0 291.2 328.2 4.43 10 550 5039 -6.6 -13.6 58 7.0 -9.2 248 31 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.43 11 500 5777 -11.2 -24.0 34 12.8 -14.7 245 38 319.4 319.6 289.8 323.2 1.10 12 450 6577 -16.6 -32.7 23 16.1 -19.8 245 39 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.54 13 400 7449 -23.8 -29.4 60 5.6 -24.9 245 44 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.0 0.83 14 350 8411 -30.8 -32.7 83 1.9 -31.1 248 51 327.2 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.70 15 300 9485 -39.5 -40.4 91 0.9 -39.6 245 57 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.37 16 250 10705 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 248 74 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12125 -60.4 -61.6 86 1.2 -60.4 247 74 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 18 150 13909 -62.7 -78.3 11 15.6 -62.8 258 56 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16387 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.6 271 39 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.72 m Freezing level: 616.74 mb = 4136.96 m = 13572.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.93 mb = 3872.02 m = 12703.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.73 mb = 1415.92 m = 4645.34 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 7.72 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2175.50 m = 7137.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 456.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1016.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.78 mb = 1854.66 m = 6084.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.78 mb = 3611.24 m = 11847.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.78 mb = 12194.45 m = 40007.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.78 mb = 14428.07 m = 47335.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 323.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 10.31 Bulk Shear: 98.58 m/s