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: 35.29,-100.06 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -100.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 456 SFC 926 683 30.5 11.4 31 19.1 18.0 187 18 310.4 312.1 294.0 338.6 9.19 3 900 935 26.7 10.8 37 16.0 16.4 193 25 309.1 310.8 293.5 336.7 9.05 4 850 1435 21.9 9.8 46 12.1 14.2 199 27 309.1 310.8 293.4 336.5 8.97 5 800 1957 17.0 8.7 58 8.3 11.8 205 27 309.3 310.9 293.4 336.3 8.84 6 750 2503 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.2 211 28 309.5 311.1 293.3 336.0 8.66 7 700 3076 6.8 5.4 91 1.4 6.0 222 32 310.0 311.5 293.0 334.8 8.06 8 650 3681 2.2 1.2 93 1.0 1.6 230 39 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.3 6.42 9 600 4323 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.3 234 47 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.1 4.70 10 550 5008 -6.9 -14.0 57 7.1 -9.5 232 54 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.35 11 500 5745 -11.2 -31.1 18 19.9 -15.6 236 60 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.4 0.57 12 450 6545 -16.5 -35.7 17 19.1 -20.0 244 64 322.5 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.41 13 400 7419 -23.0 -37.9 24 14.9 -25.3 248 66 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.36 14 350 8382 -30.6 -39.6 41 9.0 -31.7 247 71 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.35 15 300 9456 -39.4 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.7 247 77 329.8 329.9 292.0 330.9 0.29 16 250 10679 -48.5 -55.5 44 7.0 -48.8 249 82 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 17 200 12114 -57.2 -65.9 33 8.6 -57.4 252 87 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13913 -61.7 -77.7 10 16.0 -61.9 259 72 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16404 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.6 272 31 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.66 m Freezing level: 626.87 mb = 3977.73 m = 13050.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.53 mb = 3886.62 m = 12751.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.42 mb = 3059.20 m = 10036.61 ft T: 6.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.15 mb = 3050.60 m = 10008.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.09 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 41.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 868.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.57 mb = 2963.23 m = 9721.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.57 mb = 3139.59 m = 10300.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.57 mb = 11088.77 m = 36380.04 ft B at Equ Level: 867.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.57 mb = 13725.14 m = 45029.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 9.31 Bulk Shear: 93.33 m/s