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: 36.74,-98.55 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 959 427 22.8 16.2 66 6.6 18.4 130 9 299.5 301.7 293.0 334.9 12.14 2 950 510 23.6 15.9 62 7.6 18.4 137 15 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.6 12.07 3 900 982 21.2 14.4 65 6.9 16.7 175 22 303.4 305.5 293.7 337.6 11.51 4 850 1474 17.4 12.9 75 4.5 14.4 188 28 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.4 11.07 5 800 1990 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 196 36 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.7 10.50 6 750 2530 9.9 7.2 84 2.6 8.3 205 36 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.2 8.55 7 700 3102 7.5 1.5 65 6.1 4.2 231 29 310.8 312.0 291.6 329.8 6.10 8 650 3709 3.5 -1.2 71 4.7 1.1 242 23 312.9 314.0 291.7 329.9 5.39 9 600 4353 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 247 24 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.30 10 550 5040 -6.5 -13.5 58 7.0 -9.1 250 31 316.4 316.9 290.1 324.5 2.46 11 500 5778 -11.1 -22.9 37 11.8 -14.4 248 37 319.5 319.7 289.9 323.7 1.21 12 450 6578 -16.5 -32.1 25 15.7 -19.6 247 39 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.6 0.57 13 400 7451 -23.7 -29.6 58 5.9 -24.8 246 44 324.2 324.4 290.9 327.1 0.82 14 350 8413 -30.7 -33.3 77 2.7 -31.0 248 51 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.8 0.66 15 300 9488 -39.5 -40.7 88 1.3 -39.6 245 57 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.36 16 250 10708 -49.7 -49.7 100 0.0 -49.7 249 75 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12127 -60.6 -61.7 86 1.1 -60.6 247 74 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.05 18 150 13909 -62.8 -78.3 11 15.5 -62.9 259 57 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16386 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.3 -65.5 270 39 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.53 m Freezing level: 615.12 mb = 4158.24 m = 13642.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.69 mb = 3862.66 m = 12672.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.72 mb = 1266.84 m = 4156.25 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 7.81 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2100.69 m = 6891.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1000.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.04 mb = 1748.29 m = 5735.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.04 mb = 3608.19 m = 11837.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.04 mb = 12187.95 m = 39986.24 ft B at Equ Level: 989.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.04 mb = 14416.52 m = 47297.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.5 neg: -0.8 tot: 350.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 112.00 m/s