MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.11,-97.05 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 978 256 18.7 13.2 71 5.5 15.3 176 20 293.7 295.4 289.3 321.7 9.80 2 950 503 15.5 12.7 83 2.8 13.8 181 33 292.9 294.7 289.0 320.8 9.77 3 900 959 12.6 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 197 40 294.5 296.4 289.9 323.7 10.15 4 850 1440 12.3 7.9 75 4.4 9.7 232 40 299.0 300.4 289.4 322.1 7.88 5 800 1946 10.1 -1.3 45 11.5 4.4 245 36 301.9 302.7 287.1 315.1 4.33 6 750 2480 7.5 -5.9 38 13.4 1.4 224 39 304.7 305.3 287.1 314.9 3.29 7 700 3045 4.9 -9.7 34 14.5 -1.2 211 51 307.9 308.4 287.5 316.2 2.62 8 650 3645 0.7 -19.0 21 19.7 -5.8 213 54 309.7 310.0 286.8 314.0 1.30 9 600 4281 -4.5 -28.7 13 24.1 -10.5 212 55 310.9 311.0 286.4 312.9 0.60 10 550 4958 -9.3 -38.7 7 29.3 -14.6 212 62 313.0 313.1 286.7 313.9 0.25 11 500 5688 -13.4 -41.1 8 27.7 -17.8 216 73 316.7 316.7 287.9 317.5 0.21 12 450 6482 -18.3 -41.3 11 23.0 -21.7 223 75 320.2 320.2 289.0 321.0 0.23 13 400 7350 -24.5 -43.6 15 19.2 -26.8 222 85 323.2 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.20 14 350 8309 -31.5 -47.9 18 16.3 -33.0 225 97 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.14 15 300 9380 -39.5 -53.5 21 14.0 -40.2 238 105 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 16 250 10603 -46.9 -60.4 20 13.5 -47.4 230 88 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.04 17 200 12055 -54.0 -69.0 14 15.1 -54.2 240 92 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.4 0.02 18 150 13900 -55.1 -79.9 3 24.8 -55.5 249 42 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16438 -62.3 -83.8 4 21.5 -62.6 268 16 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.40 m Freezing level: 643.47 mb = 3727.89 m = 12230.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.96 mb = 2780.96 m = 9123.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.21 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.85 mb = 941.84 m = 3089.98 ft T: 12.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.80 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 1903.73 m = 6245.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.49 C Showalter Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 19.02 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7443.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.28 mb = 975.27 m = 3199.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 4.5 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.3 neg: -5.4 tot: 315.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 119.97 m/s