MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-101.46 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 546 2 900 1003 SFC 898 1018 13.1 12.6 97 0.5 12.7 146 5 295.1 297.0 290.2 324.6 10.23 4 850 1484 12.6 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 158 19 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.3 9.90 5 800 1994 11.5 5.7 68 5.7 8.2 209 19 303.4 304.7 290.3 325.0 7.22 6 750 2529 7.1 0.8 64 6.3 3.8 217 19 304.3 305.3 288.9 320.7 5.41 7 700 3093 3.6 -4.4 56 8.0 -0.1 213 20 306.5 307.3 288.3 318.8 3.95 8 650 3691 -0.3 -8.2 55 7.9 -3.7 202 26 308.6 309.2 288.3 318.6 3.16 9 600 4325 -5.1 -14.9 46 9.8 -8.5 200 30 310.2 310.6 287.6 316.7 2.01 10 550 5002 -9.8 -21.2 39 11.4 -13.0 208 42 312.4 312.7 287.6 316.7 1.28 11 500 5730 -14.8 -25.5 39 10.8 -17.3 208 52 315.1 315.2 288.2 318.3 0.96 12 450 6519 -19.9 -29.2 43 9.4 -21.7 214 63 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.9 0.76 13 400 7384 -25.2 -33.8 45 8.6 -26.6 215 69 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.55 14 350 8341 -30.6 -45.3 22 14.7 -32.1 217 71 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.19 15 300 9423 -36.0 -63.2 4 27.2 -37.3 219 47 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 16 250 10671 -43.5 -66.0 7 22.5 -44.3 228 68 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12152 -49.9 -72.4 5 22.5 -50.3 247 53 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 13992 -59.3 -79.1 6 19.8 -59.5 268 47 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16466 -67.1 -83.5 8 16.4 -67.2 288 29 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.75 m Freezing level: 654.11 mb = 3641.51 m = 11947.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.24 mb = 3078.75 m = 10100.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.05 % Est. max temperature: 22.02 C = 71.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.69 mb = 1081.00 m = 3546.56 ft T: 13.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2332.86 m = 7653.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.96 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.99 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 209.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.84 mb = 1798.17 m = 5899.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.84 mb = 3643.21 m = 11952.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.84 mb = 7495.04 m = 24589.72 ft B at Equ Level: 207.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.84 mb = 9334.11 m = 30623.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 237.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.1 neg: -6.7 tot: 142.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 108.63 m/s