MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.40,-95.89 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 982 225 19.7 15.9 78 3.8 17.2 259 13 294.5 296.5 291.1 327.8 11.64 2 950 506 17.8 13.5 76 4.2 15.1 267 25 295.2 297.1 290.2 324.9 10.32 3 900 967 15.4 9.6 68 5.8 11.9 285 29 297.4 298.9 289.3 321.8 8.37 4 850 1450 12.8 7.6 71 5.2 9.7 288 27 299.6 301.0 289.5 322.3 7.73 5 800 1957 10.2 6.9 80 3.3 8.3 255 24 302.0 303.4 290.3 325.2 7.81 6 750 2492 7.7 5.8 88 1.9 6.6 229 36 304.9 306.4 291.2 328.3 7.76 7 700 3060 5.3 4.9 97 0.4 5.1 213 47 308.4 309.8 292.3 332.2 7.79 8 650 3664 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.0 205 55 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.4 6.78 9 600 4306 -1.7 -2.3 96 0.5 -2.0 209 61 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.41 10 550 4993 -6.6 -7.5 93 0.9 -7.0 214 63 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.1 3.96 11 500 5732 -10.6 -11.9 90 1.3 -11.1 220 63 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.3 3.09 12 450 6536 -14.7 -15.6 93 0.9 -15.0 225 56 324.8 325.3 292.6 333.3 2.52 13 400 7419 -20.1 -25.3 63 5.3 -21.4 226 55 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.3 1.22 14 350 8394 -27.9 -33.3 60 5.4 -28.7 225 55 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.6 0.66 15 300 9480 -37.1 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 222 46 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.38 16 250 10720 -43.8 -56.0 25 12.2 -44.3 234 48 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.08 17 200 12192 -52.2 -70.4 9 18.3 -52.5 262 58 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14005 -63.2 -76.2 16 13.0 -63.3 271 63 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16472 -68.3 -83.8 9 15.5 -68.4 261 35 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.17 m Freezing level: 622.34 mb = 4019.15 m = 13186.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 3976.96 m = 13047.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.70 C = 78.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.31 mb = 711.71 m = 2334.99 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.99 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2050.88 m = 6728.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 30.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7139.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.94 mb = 1282.96 m = 4209.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 8.7 tot: 11.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -53.5 tot: 43.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 150.54 m/s