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: 36.33,-98.65 Latitude: 36.33 Longitude: -98.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 955 468 19.1 16.2 83 2.9 17.2 159 7 296.2 298.4 292.1 331.4 12.24 2 950 513 19.5 15.9 80 3.5 17.1 156 10 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.9 12.08 3 900 978 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 15.9 173 29 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.8 11.62 4 850 1468 16.8 12.2 74 4.6 13.8 188 36 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.2 10.54 5 800 1983 14.0 10.0 77 4.0 11.5 205 35 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.2 9.68 6 750 2525 10.3 7.5 83 2.8 8.6 214 35 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.2 8.70 7 700 3096 6.5 4.7 88 1.8 5.4 219 35 309.7 311.1 292.6 333.2 7.65 8 650 3701 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 223 33 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.8 6.41 9 600 4344 -1.4 -3.7 85 2.3 -2.6 224 35 314.4 315.4 291.7 329.8 4.85 10 550 5031 -6.1 -9.2 78 3.1 -7.4 222 43 316.9 317.6 291.2 328.1 3.46 11 500 5769 -11.1 -14.3 77 3.3 -12.2 222 48 319.5 320.0 291.1 327.9 2.52 12 450 6569 -15.7 -18.2 81 2.5 -16.5 231 56 323.5 323.9 291.8 330.4 2.02 13 400 7447 -20.8 -22.5 87 1.6 -21.2 237 57 327.9 328.2 292.6 333.4 1.58 14 350 8419 -28.2 -29.3 90 1.1 -28.4 237 55 330.8 330.9 292.9 334.3 0.97 15 300 9502 -37.7 -38.6 91 1.0 -37.8 242 53 332.3 332.4 292.8 334.0 0.45 16 250 10731 -48.1 -48.2 99 0.1 -48.1 247 44 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12160 -60.5 -60.7 97 0.3 -60.5 252 40 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 18 150 13916 -64.0 -72.0 33 8.0 -64.1 255 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.02 19 100 16386 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.7 265 37 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.00 m Freezing level: 617.87 mb = 4113.92 m = 13496.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.50 mb = 3958.20 m = 12986.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.95 mb = 835.98 m = 2742.70 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.83 mb = 2262.66 m = 7423.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.73 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 159.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.36 mb = 1454.67 m = 4772.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.36 mb = 3745.90 m = 12289.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.36 mb = 7513.89 m = 24651.55 ft B at Equ Level: 158.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.36 mb = 12272.42 m = 40263.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 346.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 104.32 m/s