MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.31,-99.01 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -99.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 959 378 23.5 16.8 66 6.7 18.9 150 17 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.3 12.64 2 950 462 24.0 16.2 62 7.8 18.8 155 26 301.6 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.32 3 900 936 24.5 13.0 49 11.5 16.9 187 36 306.8 308.7 294.0 338.5 10.54 4 850 1435 22.0 10.7 49 11.3 14.7 212 41 309.2 311.0 293.9 338.3 9.53 5 800 1959 18.0 8.8 55 9.2 12.3 223 45 310.4 312.1 293.8 337.8 8.95 6 750 2507 13.4 6.8 64 6.6 9.3 232 47 311.1 312.7 293.4 336.6 8.28 7 700 3084 8.7 2.9 67 5.7 5.4 241 46 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.1 6.76 8 650 3692 4.2 -2.5 62 6.6 0.8 244 53 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.2 4.91 9 600 4338 -0.2 -10.0 48 9.8 -4.4 241 60 315.8 316.4 290.4 325.5 2.97 10 550 5028 -4.5 -29.0 13 24.4 -10.8 246 60 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.9 0.63 11 500 5771 -9.4 -32.5 13 23.1 -14.6 250 57 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.4 0.50 12 450 6576 -15.4 -34.5 18 19.2 -19.1 254 56 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.45 13 400 7453 -22.2 -34.2 33 12.0 -24.2 253 60 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.53 14 350 8419 -29.7 -39.7 38 9.9 -31.0 253 64 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.35 15 300 9500 -37.5 -51.9 21 14.3 -38.5 255 71 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 16 250 10732 -46.9 -57.1 31 10.1 -47.3 252 76 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12177 -55.9 -66.0 27 10.1 -56.1 255 80 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13977 -63.2 -77.0 14 13.8 -63.3 255 57 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16420 -69.9 -83.3 12 13.4 -70.0 256 46 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.09 m Freezing level: 602.81 mb = 4301.77 m = 14113.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.42 mb = 3786.68 m = 12423.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.50 % Est. max temperature: 33.34 C = 92.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.16 mb = 1240.83 m = 4070.90 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.72 mb = 2898.03 m = 9507.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.93 C = 94.87 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 653.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.32 mb = 2148.64 m = 7049.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.32 mb = 3851.06 m = 12634.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.32 mb = 11069.02 m = 36315.25 ft B at Equ Level: 649.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.32 mb = 13678.88 m = 44877.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 651.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 651.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.47 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 289.81 m/s