MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 35.22,-100.15 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -100.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 455 SFC 925 688 30.5 11.2 31 19.3 17.9 185 19 310.4 312.2 293.9 338.3 9.07 3 900 933 27.0 10.6 36 16.4 16.4 191 25 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.6 8.94 4 850 1434 22.1 9.5 45 12.6 14.1 198 27 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.3 8.83 5 800 1956 17.2 8.4 56 8.9 11.7 205 28 309.5 311.2 293.3 336.1 8.67 6 750 2502 12.1 7.1 71 5.1 9.0 212 29 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.6 8.45 7 700 3076 7.1 4.9 86 2.2 5.8 223 34 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.3 7.78 8 650 3681 2.3 0.8 90 1.5 1.5 231 40 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.0 6.26 9 600 4323 -2.5 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.4 235 48 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.7 4.58 10 550 5008 -6.8 -14.2 55 7.4 -9.5 234 54 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.6 2.31 11 500 5746 -11.2 -28.5 23 17.3 -15.3 237 60 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.73 12 450 6546 -16.4 -35.4 18 18.9 -19.9 244 64 322.6 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.42 13 400 7420 -23.0 -37.7 25 14.7 -25.2 248 67 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.37 14 350 8383 -30.6 -39.6 41 9.0 -31.7 247 71 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.35 15 300 9457 -39.3 -42.6 71 3.3 -39.6 247 77 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10681 -48.5 -55.8 42 7.3 -48.7 249 82 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12116 -57.1 -66.0 31 8.9 -57.3 252 88 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 13915 -61.8 -77.7 10 15.9 -61.9 259 72 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.4 -64.5 272 31 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.59 m Freezing level: 626.35 mb = 3984.76 m = 13073.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.92 mb = 3869.45 m = 12694.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.00 mb = 3087.73 m = 10130.22 ft T: 6.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.80 mb = 3125.16 m = 10253.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 40.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 828.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.40 mb = 3012.17 m = 9882.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.40 mb = 3308.01 m = 10852.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.40 mb = 11205.82 m = 36764.05 ft B at Equ Level: 820.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.40 mb = 13898.05 m = 45596.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 7.82 Bulk Shear: 105.89 m/s