MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.99,-98.00 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 965 373 20.6 11.3 55 9.2 14.8 220 25 296.8 298.3 289.4 322.2 8.77 2 950 505 18.6 10.8 60 7.8 13.8 222 36 296.0 297.6 289.0 320.9 8.58 3 900 967 17.2 6.6 50 10.6 11.1 236 41 299.2 300.5 288.5 319.4 6.82 4 850 1453 14.6 4.7 52 9.9 9.0 235 39 301.4 302.6 288.8 320.3 6.33 5 800 1964 11.5 3.7 59 7.8 7.2 229 41 303.5 304.6 289.5 322.3 6.25 6 750 2501 8.3 2.6 67 5.7 5.2 219 42 305.6 306.7 290.0 324.3 6.17 7 700 3068 4.1 0.9 80 3.2 2.4 213 39 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.9 5.84 8 650 3667 0.4 -0.8 92 1.2 -0.2 205 35 309.4 310.4 290.7 326.6 5.56 9 600 4306 -3.1 -3.8 95 0.6 -3.4 199 36 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.7 4.83 10 550 4991 -7.1 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.4 198 40 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.90 11 500 5728 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.6 -11.7 204 42 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.1 3.04 12 450 6529 -16.2 -16.4 98 0.2 -16.3 210 44 322.9 323.3 291.9 330.8 2.35 13 400 7406 -21.8 -21.8 100 0.0 -21.8 216 47 326.7 327.1 292.4 332.5 1.68 14 350 8376 -28.7 -28.7 100 -0.0 -28.7 213 52 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.8 1.03 15 300 9460 -37.1 -37.2 99 0.1 -37.1 219 62 333.0 333.1 293.0 335.0 0.52 16 250 10692 -45.7 -51.8 50 6.2 -46.0 234 73 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 17 200 12170 -49.6 -73.4 4 23.8 -50.1 280 55 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14004 -60.6 -78.4 8 17.9 -60.7 276 53 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16480 -70.5 -83.3 13 12.8 -70.5 261 44 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.16 m Freezing level: 644.91 mb = 3731.90 m = 12243.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.07 mb = 3616.36 m = 11864.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.25 mb = 1540.35 m = 5053.57 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 2.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.73 mb = 3035.50 m = 9958.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: 4.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 16.20 C K Index: 27.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8736.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.63 mb = 2030.12 m = 6660.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: -83.0 tot: -15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 11.26 m/s