MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.52,-98.44 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -98.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 973 346 21.3 11.6 54 9.7 15.3 143 13 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.4 8.83 2 950 554 22.1 12.0 53 10.1 15.7 154 28 299.6 301.3 290.9 327.0 9.32 3 900 1026 22.9 12.2 51 10.8 16.0 186 29 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.9 9.94 4 850 1522 19.9 10.1 53 9.8 13.7 210 29 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.8 9.17 5 800 2041 16.1 8.7 61 7.4 11.5 226 37 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.3 8.85 6 750 2586 12.1 5.5 64 6.6 8.2 237 33 309.7 311.2 292.5 333.0 7.58 7 700 3163 10.4 -1.7 43 12.1 4.1 256 24 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.3 4.82 8 650 3775 5.6 -0.4 65 6.0 2.4 268 26 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.3 5.71 9 600 4424 0.3 -3.9 73 4.3 -1.8 269 28 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.77 10 550 5115 -4.9 -10.4 65 5.5 -7.2 269 30 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.6 3.14 11 500 5858 -9.5 -20.5 40 11.0 -12.9 271 33 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.50 12 450 6664 -14.0 -33.3 18 19.3 -18.0 270 39 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 13 400 7548 -20.3 -32.3 33 12.0 -22.6 269 42 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.64 14 350 8521 -28.3 -36.0 48 7.7 -29.4 265 49 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.5 0.50 15 300 9606 -37.0 -45.2 42 8.2 -37.7 261 54 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.1 0.23 16 250 10841 -47.0 -54.8 40 7.9 -47.3 262 57 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 17 200 12281 -57.8 -60.6 70 2.9 -57.8 264 76 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 14053 -66.4 -73.6 35 7.3 -66.4 267 73 355.8 355.8 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16475 -71.2 -83.5 14 12.3 -71.2 265 52 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.54 m Freezing level: 596.88 mb = 4467.03 m = 14655.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4139.82 m = 13581.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.00 mb = 1592.49 m = 5224.63 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 6.01 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.04 mb = 3586.03 m = 11765.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.27 C = 102.69 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.85 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.36 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 27.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4942.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.23 mb = 2134.27 m = 7002.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 444.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 441.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 184.23 m/s