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: 36.44,-98.23 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 962 406 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.9 157 11 296.0 298.3 292.5 333.0 12.85 2 950 517 19.5 16.6 84 2.8 17.6 157 19 297.0 299.2 292.7 333.5 12.64 3 900 982 18.7 14.6 77 4.1 16.0 174 33 300.8 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.68 4 850 1473 17.4 11.7 69 5.7 13.7 186 41 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.21 5 800 1990 14.3 9.7 74 4.6 11.4 202 41 306.4 308.2 293.1 335.1 9.51 6 750 2532 10.2 7.5 83 2.7 8.6 212 37 307.6 309.3 292.8 334.1 8.71 7 700 3102 6.0 4.8 92 1.2 5.4 219 35 309.2 310.6 292.5 332.9 7.75 8 650 3706 2.2 1.3 94 0.8 1.7 223 32 311.4 312.7 292.2 331.6 6.50 9 600 4349 -1.8 -3.2 90 1.5 -2.5 225 29 314.1 315.0 291.7 330.0 5.03 10 550 5035 -6.3 -8.3 85 2.0 -7.1 225 33 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.7 3.72 11 500 5773 -11.4 -13.2 86 1.8 -12.1 226 37 319.2 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.77 12 450 6573 -16.5 -17.4 93 0.9 -16.7 234 48 322.6 323.0 291.7 329.9 2.18 13 400 7448 -22.1 -22.4 97 0.3 -22.2 236 54 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.8 1.59 14 350 8416 -29.3 -29.5 98 0.2 -29.3 236 59 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.95 15 300 9496 -38.0 -38.2 98 0.2 -38.0 247 57 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.6 0.47 16 250 10724 -48.3 -48.4 100 0.0 -48.3 253 53 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 17 200 12151 -60.9 -61.0 98 0.2 -60.9 253 51 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.05 18 150 13910 -63.4 -72.6 27 9.3 -63.4 259 57 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16389 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.7 264 37 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.99 m Freezing level: 622.38 mb = 4061.07 m = 13323.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.63 mb = 3961.75 m = 12997.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.47 mb = 723.76 m = 2374.50 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2218.24 m = 7277.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 363.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.53 mb = 1367.74 m = 4487.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.53 mb = 3272.61 m = 10736.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.53 mb = 10576.45 m = 34699.20 ft B at Equ Level: 361.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.53 mb = 13307.78 m = 43660.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 388.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 4.13 Bulk Shear: 88.06 m/s