MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 6Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.53,-99.73 Latitude: 35.53 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 508 SFC 933 660 18.4 14.9 80 3.5 16.1 170 17 297.4 299.4 291.9 330.6 11.48 3 900 972 17.7 13.7 77 4.0 15.1 177 34 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.0 11.01 4 850 1462 17.4 10.4 63 7.0 13.0 212 40 304.4 306.1 292.4 332.4 9.36 5 800 1979 15.1 5.0 51 10.2 9.2 236 36 307.3 308.6 291.2 328.2 6.84 6 750 2522 11.4 0.7 48 10.7 5.6 239 34 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.6 5.38 7 700 3094 6.9 -0.7 58 7.6 2.9 228 40 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.19 8 650 3697 1.6 -0.9 84 2.5 0.3 222 42 310.7 311.8 291.1 327.9 5.52 9 600 4337 -2.1 -18.9 26 16.8 -7.7 223 48 313.7 313.9 288.2 318.4 1.42 10 550 5023 -6.1 -35.5 8 29.4 -12.3 231 46 316.9 316.9 288.1 318.1 0.34 11 500 5761 -11.6 -38.9 8 27.3 -16.4 233 49 318.9 319.0 288.7 319.9 0.26 12 450 6559 -16.8 -36.9 16 20.1 -20.3 234 57 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.36 13 400 7433 -23.2 -39.2 22 16.0 -25.5 228 48 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.32 14 350 8394 -31.0 -36.4 59 5.4 -31.7 228 54 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.48 15 300 9468 -39.4 -40.7 88 1.2 -39.6 229 64 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.37 16 250 10687 -49.6 -50.0 96 0.4 -49.7 235 66 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12120 -56.8 -66.8 27 9.9 -57.0 235 45 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 18 150 13918 -62.6 -77.7 11 15.1 -62.7 251 45 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16402 -63.8 -84.0 5 20.2 -64.0 263 40 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.97 m Freezing level: 628.73 mb = 3969.55 m = 13023.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.04 mb = 3721.47 m = 12209.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.91 mb = 1107.50 m = 3633.50 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2760.45 m = 9056.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 228.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.58 mb = 1814.23 m = 5952.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.58 mb = 3689.98 m = 12106.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.58 mb = 9915.34 m = 32530.25 ft B at Equ Level: 226.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.58 mb = 12101.48 m = 39702.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.5 neg: -8.7 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 129.77 m/s