MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F171.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F171.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 171 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-103.43 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 1 950 530 2 900 998 SFC 865 1344 26.0 8.0 32 18.0 14.7 194 13 311.8 313.3 293.3 336.0 7.82 4 850 1498 23.6 7.1 35 16.5 13.5 194 17 310.9 312.3 292.8 334.0 7.47 5 800 2022 18.6 6.1 44 12.4 11.1 195 21 310.9 312.3 292.7 333.9 7.42 6 750 2571 13.4 5.1 57 8.3 8.5 195 23 311.2 312.6 292.8 333.9 7.36 7 700 3147 8.0 3.9 75 4.1 5.6 196 25 311.4 312.7 292.7 333.8 7.27 8 650 3753 3.4 1.3 86 2.1 2.2 200 34 312.8 314.1 292.6 333.1 6.49 9 600 4398 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 214 41 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.1 5.80 10 550 5088 -5.7 -5.8 99 0.2 -5.8 217 44 317.3 318.2 292.2 331.8 4.50 11 500 5828 -10.6 -11.7 91 1.1 -11.1 221 44 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.4 3.11 12 450 6631 -15.8 -19.3 75 3.4 -16.9 228 47 323.3 323.7 291.6 329.6 1.85 13 400 7508 -22.0 -23.5 87 1.6 -22.4 233 51 326.4 326.7 292.1 331.4 1.43 14 350 8476 -29.1 -29.4 97 0.3 -29.1 238 59 329.5 329.7 292.5 333.0 0.96 15 300 9558 -37.6 -39.2 85 1.6 -37.8 241 74 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.0 0.42 16 250 10790 -46.8 -50.6 66 3.7 -47.0 245 83 336.4 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12231 -58.1 -59.3 86 1.2 -58.1 248 93 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.06 18 150 14015 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.1 -62.9 254 77 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16476 -68.4 -83.3 10 14.9 -68.5 272 28 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.55 m Freezing level: 612.38 mb = 4238.51 m = 13905.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.51 mb = 4166.40 m = 13669.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.28 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.95 mb = 3579.65 m = 11744.12 ft T: 4.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 2.17 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.36 mb = 3786.16 m = 12421.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.21 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.49 mb = 3572.98 m = 11722.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.49 mb = 4271.74 m = 14014.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.49 mb = 9570.06 m = 31397.45 ft B at Equ Level: 166.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.49 mb = 11630.79 m = 38158.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.5 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 244.5 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 186.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.99 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 56.15 m/s