MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-98.31 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -98.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 967 374 23.3 18.3 73 5.1 19.8 166 15 299.4 301.9 294.2 339.6 13.77 2 950 527 22.2 17.3 74 4.9 18.9 168 24 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.4 13.22 3 900 995 19.2 15.3 78 4.0 16.6 181 32 301.3 303.6 293.6 337.2 12.20 4 850 1485 16.4 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 197 37 303.3 305.3 293.3 335.8 10.94 5 800 1999 12.8 10.7 87 2.1 11.5 203 41 304.8 306.7 293.1 335.2 10.16 6 750 2539 9.3 8.3 93 1.1 8.7 214 41 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.5 9.18 7 700 3110 7.2 5.0 86 2.2 5.9 237 39 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.5 7.83 8 650 3717 3.3 2.1 92 1.2 2.6 242 42 312.7 314.0 292.8 334.1 6.87 9 600 4361 -1.4 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 241 49 314.6 315.6 292.4 332.4 5.66 10 550 5050 -5.9 -7.3 90 1.4 -6.5 240 53 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.0 4.01 11 500 5790 -10.5 -16.0 64 5.5 -12.4 239 54 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.6 2.19 12 450 6593 -15.6 -23.0 53 7.4 -17.6 243 57 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.3 1.34 13 400 7471 -21.8 -28.2 56 6.3 -23.2 244 60 326.6 326.8 291.7 330.0 0.94 14 350 8439 -29.0 -34.2 61 5.1 -29.9 243 62 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.61 15 300 9521 -37.9 -43.2 58 5.3 -38.4 246 70 331.9 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.28 16 250 10750 -47.6 -54.6 45 7.0 -47.9 248 76 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12188 -57.9 -62.8 54 4.9 -58.0 250 82 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 13977 -63.3 -76.9 14 13.6 -63.4 252 67 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16442 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.4 262 39 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.96 m Freezing level: 614.59 mb = 4173.25 m = 13691.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.33 mb = 4118.96 m = 13513.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.48 mb = 1019.08 m = 3343.41 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.24 mb = 1797.81 m = 5898.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 37.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.51 mb = 1389.82 m = 4559.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.51 mb = 2378.71 m = 7804.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.51 mb = 2940.32 m = 9646.60 ft B at Equ Level: 15.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.51 mb = 13792.40 m = 45250.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 424.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 424.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 4.00 Bulk Shear: 167.34 m/s