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: 34.80,-97.48 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -97.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 968 331 22.0 18.3 79 3.7 19.4 169 17 297.9 300.4 293.8 337.9 13.76 2 950 491 22.2 17.5 75 4.6 19.0 171 29 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.8 13.39 3 900 960 20.1 15.2 73 4.9 16.8 184 44 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.2 12.18 4 850 1453 18.3 12.2 68 6.1 14.3 202 48 305.3 307.3 293.6 336.9 10.55 5 800 1970 14.4 10.7 78 3.7 12.0 213 47 306.5 308.4 293.6 337.1 10.15 6 750 2512 10.3 9.1 92 1.3 9.5 219 47 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.2 9.70 7 700 3084 7.3 5.3 87 1.9 6.1 239 42 310.5 312.1 293.1 335.2 8.02 8 650 3691 3.3 1.7 89 1.7 2.4 245 46 312.7 314.0 292.7 333.5 6.65 9 600 4336 -1.0 -2.4 90 1.4 -1.7 245 52 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.9 5.34 10 550 5025 -5.4 -12.2 58 6.9 -8.1 246 53 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.6 2.72 11 500 5767 -9.9 -25.6 27 15.7 -14.1 251 53 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.95 12 450 6571 -15.3 -29.2 29 13.9 -18.5 257 51 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.7 0.76 13 400 7449 -22.0 -30.2 47 8.2 -23.7 261 52 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.77 14 350 8416 -29.5 -34.1 64 4.7 -30.2 261 56 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.3 0.61 15 300 9499 -37.0 -42.2 58 5.2 -37.5 261 65 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.31 16 250 10734 -46.5 -47.9 85 1.4 -46.6 256 73 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.8 0.20 17 200 12177 -57.6 -58.7 88 1.1 -57.6 254 85 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 18 150 13954 -65.7 -74.4 29 8.6 -65.8 259 64 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16396 -67.7 -83.5 9 15.8 -67.8 269 52 396.9 396.9 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.74 m Freezing level: 611.40 mb = 4189.17 m = 13743.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.89 mb = 4060.52 m = 13321.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.96 mb = 807.89 m = 2650.52 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.94 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.53 mb = 2070.10 m = 6791.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.35 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 658.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.74 mb = 1414.99 m = 4642.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.74 mb = 3217.20 m = 10554.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.74 mb = 11031.84 m = 36193.26 ft B at Equ Level: 654.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.74 mb = 14004.38 m = 45945.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 47.1 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 35.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 610.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 610.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 203.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.29 Bulk Rich Number: 3.20 Bulk Shear: 205.70 m/s