MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.27,-98.14 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 963 417 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.0 153 18 295.8 298.1 292.6 333.2 12.98 2 950 531 19.0 17.0 88 2.0 17.7 155 28 296.5 298.8 292.7 333.8 12.92 3 900 998 21.1 13.4 62 7.7 16.1 176 47 303.3 305.3 293.2 335.4 10.82 4 850 1491 18.4 10.6 61 7.7 13.4 187 47 305.4 307.1 292.8 333.9 9.50 5 800 2008 14.3 9.0 70 5.3 11.0 195 42 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.7 9.04 6 750 2550 10.8 6.7 76 4.1 8.3 210 38 308.3 309.8 292.6 333.4 8.23 7 700 3122 6.9 3.9 82 2.9 5.2 227 35 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.5 7.28 8 650 3728 3.0 1.2 88 1.7 2.0 240 34 312.3 313.6 292.4 332.5 6.46 9 600 4372 -1.4 -2.7 91 1.3 -2.0 247 35 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.1 5.25 10 550 5060 -6.2 -8.7 83 2.5 -7.3 247 39 316.7 317.4 291.2 328.3 3.60 11 500 5798 -11.8 -13.8 85 1.9 -12.5 242 41 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.4 2.64 12 450 6597 -16.8 -17.4 95 0.6 -17.0 240 42 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.4 2.17 13 400 7472 -22.4 -22.4 100 0.0 -22.4 241 47 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.59 14 350 8440 -29.1 -29.2 99 0.1 -29.2 244 53 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.97 15 300 9521 -38.2 -38.3 99 0.1 -38.2 247 61 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.47 16 250 10747 -48.6 -49.3 92 0.7 -48.6 248 65 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.17 17 200 12173 -60.9 -61.1 98 0.2 -60.9 245 61 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 18 150 13938 -63.6 -77.1 14 13.5 -63.7 258 64 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16412 -66.0 -83.6 7 17.6 -66.1 269 41 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.41 m Freezing level: 615.81 mb = 4168.43 m = 13675.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4042.03 m = 13261.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.33 mb = 693.16 m = 2274.11 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2411.22 m = 7910.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 37.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 401.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.51 mb = 1596.94 m = 5239.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.51 mb = 3921.98 m = 12867.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.51 mb = 10888.73 m = 35723.74 ft B at Equ Level: 400.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.51 mb = 13371.52 m = 43869.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 515.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 515.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.21 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 156.22 m/s