MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.52,-98.38 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -98.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 975 346 22.7 17.5 72 5.2 19.2 183 16 298.1 300.4 293.3 335.9 13.02 2 950 567 19.8 17.0 84 2.8 17.9 187 24 297.2 299.6 292.9 334.6 12.90 3 900 1032 17.8 14.3 80 3.5 15.5 206 31 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.3 11.42 4 850 1522 17.9 8.9 56 9.0 12.4 216 32 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.3 8.45 5 800 2039 15.5 6.7 56 8.9 10.2 217 26 307.7 309.1 292.0 331.1 7.69 6 750 2584 12.5 4.2 57 8.2 7.7 225 25 310.1 311.4 292.1 331.5 6.93 7 700 3159 8.4 2.7 67 5.7 5.2 229 24 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.5 6.65 8 650 3767 3.9 0.6 79 3.3 2.1 232 24 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.7 6.17 9 600 4412 -1.3 -2.0 96 0.6 -1.7 241 29 314.6 315.6 292.3 332.0 5.53 10 550 5101 -5.7 -6.0 98 0.3 -5.8 243 35 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.7 4.46 11 500 5841 -10.9 -13.2 83 2.3 -11.8 244 39 319.7 320.3 291.4 328.9 2.76 12 450 6643 -16.3 -20.7 68 4.5 -17.6 252 43 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.4 1.63 13 400 7520 -21.6 -24.2 80 2.6 -22.3 266 52 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.6 1.35 14 350 8489 -29.1 -31.9 77 2.8 -29.6 269 61 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.75 15 300 9570 -38.1 -40.7 77 2.5 -38.4 268 59 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 16 250 10797 -48.1 -51.8 65 3.7 -48.2 273 69 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12228 -59.4 -62.1 71 2.7 -59.5 268 79 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.04 18 150 14001 -64.1 -76.9 16 12.8 -64.2 269 74 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16462 -68.3 -83.5 10 15.1 -68.4 266 32 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.90 m Freezing level: 612.90 mb = 4245.70 m = 13929.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.05 mb = 4121.35 m = 13521.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.52 mb = 1007.58 m = 3305.66 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2644.93 m = 8677.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.84 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 323.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.42 mb = 1288.84 m = 4228.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 608.42 mb = 4299.89 m = 14107.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.42 mb = 10072.22 m = 33044.95 ft B at Equ Level: 193.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.42 mb = 12595.60 m = 41323.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -22.4 tot: 137.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 4.18 Bulk Shear: 46.88 m/s