MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 34.50,-101.92 Latitude: 34.50 Longitude: -101.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 498 2 900 973 SFC 888 1097 33.2 3.1 15 30.2 15.2 193 15 317.0 318.0 292.9 334.2 5.38 4 850 1482 27.7 2.5 20 25.2 13.0 202 19 315.1 316.2 292.3 332.2 5.38 5 800 2013 22.5 1.6 25 20.8 10.5 212 19 315.1 316.1 292.3 332.1 5.38 6 750 2568 17.1 0.7 33 16.4 7.9 221 19 315.2 316.2 292.3 332.2 5.37 7 700 3150 11.5 -0.3 44 11.8 5.1 226 19 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.36 8 650 3763 5.7 -1.5 60 7.1 2.0 230 19 315.4 316.4 292.3 332.2 5.29 9 600 4412 0.1 -3.9 75 4.0 -1.9 241 19 316.2 317.1 292.1 331.4 4.77 10 550 5107 -1.6 -21.4 20 19.8 -8.1 271 28 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.5 1.25 11 500 5859 -6.2 -27.2 17 21.1 -12.0 271 29 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.5 0.82 12 450 6673 -12.4 -31.3 19 19.0 -16.7 272 30 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.62 13 400 7560 -19.8 -36.1 22 16.3 -22.7 269 35 329.3 329.3 292.0 330.9 0.44 14 350 8534 -27.5 -43.3 21 15.8 -29.4 273 44 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.6 0.24 15 300 9621 -36.6 -55.5 12 18.9 -37.8 277 39 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.07 16 250 10859 -46.1 -58.8 22 12.7 -46.6 288 30 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12307 -56.4 -65.9 29 9.5 -56.6 295 35 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14092 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.6 286 44 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16539 -72.2 -83.1 18 10.8 -72.3 272 8 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.94 m Freezing level: 598.21 mb = 4436.90 m = 14556.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4084.56 m = 13400.63 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 571.64 mb = 4798.44 m = 15742.73 ft T: -0.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.03 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 520.41 mb = 5542.91 m = 18185.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.12 C = 104.21 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: 4.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.83 C Cross Totals Index: 8.62 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4377.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 583.61 mb = 4633.15 m = 15200.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.9 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 277.9 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 40.96 m/s