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,-98.47 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11.7 54 9.6 15.3 143 13 296.8 298.4 289.5 322.5 8.88 2 950 553 22.2 12.1 53 10.1 15.8 154 28 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.1 9.35 3 900 1026 23.0 12.1 50 10.8 16.0 186 28 305.2 307.0 293.0 335.0 9.93 4 850 1522 19.9 10.1 53 9.8 13.7 210 29 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.7 9.16 5 800 2041 16.1 8.7 61 7.5 11.5 225 37 308.4 310.0 293.2 335.3 8.85 6 750 2586 12.1 5.7 65 6.3 8.3 237 34 309.7 311.1 292.6 333.3 7.70 7 700 3163 10.4 -1.6 43 12.0 4.1 256 25 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.3 4.85 8 650 3775 5.6 -0.4 65 6.0 2.4 267 26 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.4 5.72 9 600 4424 0.3 -3.9 73 4.3 -1.7 269 28 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.77 10 550 5115 -4.9 -10.6 64 5.7 -7.2 268 31 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.5 3.11 11 500 5858 -9.4 -20.6 40 11.2 -12.9 271 33 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.6 1.48 12 450 6664 -14.0 -33.4 18 19.3 -18.0 270 39 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.51 13 400 7548 -20.3 -32.0 34 11.7 -22.6 269 42 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.0 0.65 14 350 8521 -28.3 -35.9 48 7.6 -29.4 265 49 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.5 0.51 15 300 9606 -37.0 -45.4 42 8.4 -37.7 261 54 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.22 16 250 10841 -47.0 -54.8 40 7.8 -47.3 262 57 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.09 17 200 12282 -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 -71.3 265 52 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.86 m Freezing level: 596.70 mb = 4469.35 m = 14663.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4142.30 m = 13590.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.55 mb = 1586.78 m = 5205.90 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 665.33 mb = 3582.20 m = 11752.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.25 C = 102.65 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.77 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 27.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4947.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.82 mb = 2138.61 m = 7016.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 441.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 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: 183.43 m/s