MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511130000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 25 NOV 25 Station: 36.4,-98.6 Latitude: 36.40 Longitude: -98.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 953 450 20.9 17.7 82 3.3 18.7 173 18 298.1 300.6 293.6 337.2 13.45 2 950 478 21.4 17.4 78 3.9 18.7 175 23 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.6 13.30 3 900 945 18.6 15.5 82 3.2 16.5 183 40 300.7 303.0 293.6 337.1 12.37 4 850 1434 15.8 12.0 78 3.8 13.4 198 46 302.7 304.7 292.7 333.7 10.42 5 800 1947 12.2 9.1 81 3.1 10.3 203 44 304.1 305.8 292.1 331.3 9.09 6 750 2485 8.2 5.1 81 3.1 6.4 204 44 305.5 306.8 291.0 327.7 7.36 7 700 3053 6.4 -7.3 37 13.7 0.3 207 47 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.6 3.17 8 650 3657 3.0 -18.6 19 21.6 -4.4 209 53 312.4 312.6 287.7 316.9 1.36 9 600 4299 -1.6 -17.5 28 16.0 -7.1 212 55 314.3 314.6 288.6 319.7 1.61 10 550 4985 -6.6 -17.5 42 10.9 -10.3 213 59 316.2 316.5 289.4 322.1 1.75 11 500 5722 -11.9 -20.5 49 8.6 -14.5 213 62 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.6 1.49 12 450 6519 -17.9 -23.6 61 5.7 -19.4 214 67 320.7 320.9 290.3 325.0 1.26 13 400 7388 -24.4 -33.0 45 8.6 -25.8 217 68 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.60 14 350 8347 -31.4 -40.9 39 9.5 -32.4 212 64 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.31 15 300 9417 -40.5 -43.2 75 2.7 -40.7 212 62 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.28 16 250 10631 -50.8 -52.0 88 1.1 -50.9 212 63 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 17 200 12045 -61.6 -62.4 90 0.8 -61.6 218 72 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 18 150 13840 -59.3 -81.8 4 22.5 -59.5 217 71 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16319 -67.6 -85.2 6 17.6 -67.7 234 57 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.50 m Freezing level: 617.05 mb = 4080.09 m = 13385.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.29 mb = 3084.56 m = 10119.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.58 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.39 mb = 865.00 m = 2837.89 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1711.96 m = 5616.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1185.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.62 mb = 1368.05 m = 4488.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.62 mb = 2140.79 m = 7023.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.62 mb = 12311.65 m = 40392.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1150.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.62 mb = 14191.31 m = 46558.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 51.1 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 348.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 11.85 Bulk Shear: 100.00 m/s