MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510061200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510061200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 15 OCT 25 Station: 35.3,-99.6 Latitude: 35.30 Longitude: -99.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 493 SFC 940 588 24.1 19.5 76 4.6 20.9 184 12 302.6 305.4 296.2 348.1 15.39 3 900 968 23.5 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 195 28 305.7 308.3 296.3 348.3 14.23 4 850 1465 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.7 206 33 307.0 309.5 295.7 346.0 12.93 5 800 1987 17.3 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 224 30 309.6 311.7 295.3 344.3 11.38 6 750 2536 14.8 6.6 58 8.2 9.8 248 27 312.7 314.2 293.9 338.1 8.20 7 700 3117 10.8 4.8 66 6.0 7.2 255 30 314.5 315.9 294.0 338.6 7.71 8 650 3731 6.2 2.8 79 3.4 4.3 252 31 316.0 317.4 294.0 338.8 7.25 9 600 4382 1.7 -0.2 87 1.9 0.7 247 38 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.2 6.31 10 550 5080 -1.9 -4.7 81 2.8 -3.3 251 48 321.8 322.8 293.8 337.8 4.91 11 500 5833 -6.1 -9.0 80 2.9 -7.4 248 52 325.6 326.4 294.0 338.6 3.88 12 450 6651 -10.6 -13.9 77 3.2 -11.9 247 52 329.9 330.4 294.3 339.8 2.91 13 400 7549 -15.8 -21.1 64 5.3 -17.4 238 51 334.5 334.8 294.5 340.8 1.78 14 350 8543 -22.5 -25.5 76 3.1 -23.2 235 52 338.5 338.7 295.1 343.5 1.37 15 300 9655 -31.0 -32.6 85 1.6 -31.3 234 54 341.7 341.9 295.5 344.9 0.82 16 250 10923 -40.5 -46.1 55 5.6 -41.0 226 57 345.8 345.9 295.9 346.8 0.25 17 200 12403 -52.8 -54.7 79 2.0 -52.8 234 55 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.7 0.11 18 150 14201 -65.9 -76.5 21 10.7 -66.0 250 57 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16582 -76.4 -82.6 37 6.2 -76.4 240 37 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.89 m Freezing level: 576.34 mb = 4712.53 m = 15460.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.66 mb = 4494.44 m = 14745.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.95 mb = 1173.92 m = 3851.41 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 10.18 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2602.35 m = 8537.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.22 C = 93.59 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 435.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.75 mb = 1735.16 m = 5692.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.75 mb = 3495.00 m = 11466.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.75 mb = 10956.25 m = 35945.27 ft B at Equ Level: 434.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.75 mb = 14658.76 m = 48092.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 4.32 Bulk Shear: 100.75 m/s