MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 964 361 18.8 15.7 82 3.0 16.8 198 10 295.0 297.2 291.3 328.7 11.74 2 950 482 19.5 15.5 78 4.0 16.9 202 18 296.9 299.1 292.0 330.9 11.74 3 900 949 21.0 6.4 39 14.6 12.4 240 29 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.3 6.69 4 850 1443 20.2 -0.7 24 20.9 9.2 242 27 307.3 308.2 288.9 320.6 4.28 5 800 1962 16.6 -0.8 30 17.4 7.4 240 27 308.9 309.7 289.6 322.9 4.51 6 750 2506 12.0 0.0 44 11.9 5.6 235 27 309.6 310.5 290.4 325.5 5.12 7 700 3079 7.1 3.4 77 3.8 5.0 227 27 310.4 311.7 292.2 331.9 6.98 8 650 3685 2.8 -0.0 81 2.9 1.3 225 31 312.2 313.3 291.9 330.5 5.87 9 600 4328 -2.1 -4.3 85 2.3 -3.1 222 37 313.7 314.6 291.3 328.4 4.63 10 550 5015 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 213 41 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.5 4.05 11 500 5753 -11.3 -15.5 71 4.2 -12.8 214 48 319.2 319.7 290.8 326.8 2.28 12 450 6554 -16.2 -23.4 54 7.2 -18.1 218 51 322.8 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.29 13 400 7430 -21.9 -34.5 31 12.6 -24.1 227 61 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.4 0.51 14 350 8398 -28.7 -44.5 20 15.8 -30.4 230 71 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.21 15 300 9483 -36.9 -44.8 44 7.9 -37.5 234 84 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.24 16 250 10716 -47.5 -49.8 77 2.3 -47.6 234 88 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.0 0.16 17 200 12176 -50.9 -71.1 7 20.3 -51.2 238 92 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14008 -61.0 -79.4 7 18.4 -61.2 248 78 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16470 -70.3 -83.6 12 13.3 -70.4 254 34 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.87 m Freezing level: 621.05 mb = 4057.31 m = 13311.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.30 mb = 3868.81 m = 12692.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.74 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.14 mb = 748.85 m = 2456.82 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.44 mb = 3347.19 m = 10981.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.74 C = 94.54 F Cap Strength: 7.35 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.42 C Showalter Index: 4.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 10.66 C K Index: 27.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6602.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.01 mb = 2197.06 m = 7208.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.0 neg: -6.7 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 24.77 m/s