MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.93,-102.35 Latitude: 33.93 Longitude: -102.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 492 2 900 951 SFC 885 1098 17.6 -3.3 24 20.9 7.5 250 21 301.2 301.8 285.9 311.6 3.40 4 850 1433 12.0 -4.1 32 16.1 4.5 250 30 298.7 299.3 284.8 308.8 3.32 5 800 1936 7.0 -5.0 42 12.0 1.7 250 31 298.7 299.3 284.8 308.6 3.29 6 750 2461 2.1 -6.1 55 8.2 -1.3 248 30 298.9 299.5 284.8 308.7 3.24 7 700 3013 -2.8 -7.4 71 4.6 -4.7 247 30 299.3 299.9 284.9 308.8 3.12 8 650 3598 -4.8 -17.8 35 13.0 -8.8 240 34 303.5 303.8 284.7 308.2 1.45 9 600 4222 -8.8 -22.0 34 13.1 -12.3 242 32 305.9 306.1 285.1 309.5 1.10 10 550 4890 -13.7 -24.8 38 11.1 -16.3 243 25 307.9 308.0 285.7 311.0 0.93 11 500 5606 -19.3 -27.3 49 8.0 -20.9 256 31 309.5 309.6 286.1 312.2 0.81 12 450 6380 -25.6 -33.4 48 7.8 -26.7 261 36 311.1 311.2 286.4 312.8 0.51 13 400 7223 -31.2 -44.3 26 13.1 -32.3 249 36 314.5 314.5 287.2 315.2 0.19 14 350 8160 -35.9 -55.1 12 19.3 -37.0 233 50 320.3 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.06 15 300 9223 -38.3 -66.4 4 28.2 -39.3 223 67 331.4 331.4 292.1 331.5 0.02 16 250 10471 -40.8 -72.1 2 31.3 -41.8 221 69 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 17 200 11975 -45.8 -75.7 2 30.0 -46.5 236 79 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 18 150 13860 -52.0 -80.6 2 28.7 -52.5 235 40 380.6 380.6 302.3 380.6 0.00 19 100 16432 -60.1 -84.1 3 24.0 -60.3 241 43 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5550.92 m Freezing level: 728.53 mb = 2698.02 m = 8851.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.22 mb = 2223.39 m = 7294.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.49 % Est. max temperature: 15.58 C = 60.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 645.41 mb = 3653.29 m = 11985.72 ft T: -5.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 602.73 mb = 4186.95 m = 13736.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.09 C = 71.76 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 22.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 90.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12648.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.29 mb = 3462.00 m = 11358.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -7.2 tot: 22.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 2.25 m/s