MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 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 71 SFC 968 363 32.7 6.4 20 26.2 16.7 257 12 308.7 309.9 291.1 327.9 6.25 2 950 523 30.1 5.8 22 24.3 15.5 257 16 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.3 6.07 3 900 1001 25.3 4.9 27 20.5 13.3 257 18 307.6 308.7 290.6 326.1 6.02 4 850 1498 20.6 4.0 34 16.6 11.0 256 19 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.1 6.00 5 800 2017 15.6 3.1 43 12.5 8.5 255 19 307.8 308.9 290.6 326.1 5.97 6 750 2559 10.4 2.0 56 8.5 5.8 255 20 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.0 5.89 7 700 3130 6.6 -0.5 60 7.1 2.9 248 28 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.2 5.27 8 650 3737 4.1 0.7 78 3.4 2.2 233 50 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.1 6.20 9 600 4382 -0.7 -11.8 43 11.2 -5.1 240 52 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.8 2.58 10 550 5072 -3.9 -36.4 6 32.5 -11.0 255 52 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.31 11 500 5817 -9.0 -33.2 12 24.2 -14.4 257 52 322.0 322.1 289.9 323.7 0.46 12 450 6621 -16.0 -27.0 38 10.9 -18.6 257 54 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.93 13 400 7496 -22.9 -24.7 86 1.7 -23.4 263 64 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.30 14 350 8463 -28.7 -29.1 96 0.4 -28.7 266 73 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.7 0.99 15 300 9549 -37.1 -40.1 73 3.0 -37.4 266 77 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.39 16 250 10780 -47.9 -49.6 83 1.7 -48.0 268 83 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.17 17 200 12209 -60.0 -61.5 82 1.5 -60.0 272 84 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13978 -63.8 -76.2 17 12.4 -63.9 272 76 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16451 -68.3 -83.4 10 15.1 -68.4 258 35 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.87 m Freezing level: 606.84 mb = 4293.74 m = 14086.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3927.52 m = 12885.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 660.27 mb = 3608.17 m = 11837.69 ft T: 4.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 1.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 597.46 mb = 4415.64 m = 14486.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.45 C = 103.01 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.61 C Cross Totals Index: 13.03 C K Index: 26.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5612.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.62 mb = 3554.39 m = 11661.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 55.05 m/s