MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.24,-102.52 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -102.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 518 2 900 989 SFC 883 1160 27.4 9.4 32 18.0 15.9 209 12 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.4 8.42 4 850 1490 23.2 8.4 39 14.8 14.0 216 17 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.6 8.18 5 800 2014 18.2 7.5 50 10.7 11.6 222 20 310.5 312.0 293.2 335.5 8.13 6 750 2562 12.9 6.4 64 6.5 9.0 226 23 310.6 312.2 293.2 335.4 8.06 7 700 3137 7.5 5.2 85 2.3 6.2 227 26 310.8 312.3 293.2 335.3 7.96 8 650 3743 3.0 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 227 30 312.3 313.7 292.9 334.4 7.11 9 600 4387 -1.7 -2.8 92 1.1 -2.2 227 38 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.6 5.20 10 550 5073 -6.3 -14.3 53 7.9 -9.2 228 47 316.6 317.0 290.0 324.2 2.30 11 500 5810 -11.5 -30.4 19 18.9 -15.7 236 51 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.61 12 450 6611 -16.4 -28.4 35 12.0 -19.1 246 56 322.7 322.8 290.5 325.6 0.82 13 400 7484 -22.6 -24.0 89 1.3 -22.9 246 60 325.6 325.8 291.8 330.4 1.38 14 350 8454 -28.1 -30.2 81 2.2 -28.5 246 68 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.88 15 300 9540 -37.3 -38.8 86 1.5 -37.4 248 69 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.5 0.44 16 250 10770 -47.9 -48.6 92 0.7 -48.0 253 75 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.18 17 200 12203 -59.5 -60.1 93 0.6 -59.6 254 83 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 18 150 13972 -65.6 -75.0 26 9.4 -65.7 251 65 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16430 -64.0 -83.9 5 19.9 -64.1 274 28 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.19 m Freezing level: 618.06 mb = 4154.13 m = 13628.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.15 mb = 4095.11 m = 13435.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.12 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 678.05 mb = 3397.54 m = 11146.64 ft T: 5.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.36 mb = 3466.46 m = 11372.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.61 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 40.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.63 mb = 3354.51 m = 11005.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.63 mb = 3660.06 m = 12007.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.63 mb = 11123.07 m = 36492.55 ft B at Equ Level: 432.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.63 mb = 13705.85 m = 44966.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 6.31 Bulk Shear: 69.15 m/s