MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-100.34 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -100.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 505 SFC 941 584 21.4 6.1 37 15.3 12.6 267 21 299.7 300.8 288.2 318.4 6.29 3 900 972 19.6 5.2 39 14.5 11.4 272 41 301.7 302.9 288.8 320.2 6.16 4 850 1461 15.7 4.8 48 10.9 9.6 272 45 302.6 303.8 289.3 321.7 6.37 5 800 1972 12.1 4.0 58 8.1 7.6 266 40 304.1 305.2 289.8 323.3 6.39 6 750 2510 8.3 2.5 67 5.7 5.1 256 31 305.5 306.7 290.0 324.2 6.13 7 700 3076 4.0 0.2 76 3.8 2.0 235 24 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.9 5.55 8 650 3675 0.3 -0.5 94 0.8 -0.1 208 30 309.3 310.4 290.8 326.9 5.68 9 600 4315 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.5 -3.0 204 41 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.7 5.01 10 550 4999 -6.9 -8.5 88 1.6 -7.6 206 46 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.7 3.66 11 500 5737 -11.0 -13.0 85 2.0 -11.8 214 54 319.6 320.2 291.4 328.9 2.82 12 450 6538 -16.5 -19.6 77 3.1 -17.4 228 63 322.4 322.8 291.3 328.6 1.79 13 400 7412 -22.6 -31.1 46 8.5 -24.2 233 74 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.71 14 350 8380 -28.7 -46.0 17 17.2 -30.5 231 88 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 15 300 9467 -36.5 -49.2 26 12.7 -37.4 232 96 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 16 250 10705 -44.7 -59.4 18 14.7 -45.3 240 93 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12174 -51.0 -72.5 6 21.5 -51.4 247 92 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14008 -60.7 -78.6 8 18.0 -60.8 253 86 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16475 -68.2 -83.8 9 15.6 -68.3 269 35 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.21 m Freezing level: 645.05 mb = 3738.18 m = 12264.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.31 mb = 3646.20 m = 11962.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.29 mb = 2506.60 m = 8223.64 ft T: 8.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 0.30 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 659.28 mb = 3560.31 m = 11680.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.41 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.39 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 15.86 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8085.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.81 mb = 2744.94 m = 9005.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 6.4 tot: 9.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -58.6 tot: -41.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: -4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 94.25 m/s