MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.85,-99.57 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -99.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 486 SFC 949 495 27.0 13.0 42 14.0 17.8 161 16 304.7 306.5 292.9 334.5 9.97 3 900 963 25.2 11.7 43 13.6 16.4 176 34 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.7 9.62 4 850 1462 21.3 10.3 50 10.9 14.3 191 34 308.4 310.2 293.5 336.7 9.31 5 800 1983 16.9 8.9 59 7.9 11.9 205 36 309.1 310.8 293.5 336.6 9.01 6 750 2530 12.5 6.8 68 5.8 9.0 218 39 310.2 311.7 293.2 335.6 8.28 7 700 3105 8.3 2.8 68 5.6 5.2 239 40 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.5 6.68 8 650 3713 3.5 -1.2 72 4.6 1.1 247 42 312.9 313.9 291.7 329.9 5.41 9 600 4357 -1.1 -9.0 55 7.9 -4.5 248 45 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.3 3.22 10 550 5045 -5.6 -23.5 23 17.9 -10.8 245 51 317.5 317.7 289.0 321.1 1.05 11 500 5785 -10.5 -32.3 15 21.8 -15.3 247 52 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.0 0.51 12 450 6586 -16.3 -33.8 21 17.5 -19.7 250 53 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.49 13 400 7461 -22.7 -36.2 28 13.5 -24.9 254 57 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.43 14 350 8425 -30.4 -38.2 47 7.8 -31.4 255 61 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.3 0.41 15 300 9501 -38.9 -42.0 73 3.1 -39.2 253 66 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10725 -48.6 -53.2 59 4.6 -48.8 251 71 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.11 17 200 12162 -57.2 -65.0 37 7.8 -57.3 249 66 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13956 -62.9 -77.1 13 14.2 -63.0 253 55 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.5 -83.5 9 16.0 -67.6 261 44 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.20 m Freezing level: 612.02 mb = 4202.23 m = 13786.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.35 mb = 3833.21 m = 12575.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.00 mb = 2274.20 m = 7461.19 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 15.66 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.34 mb = 3171.97 m = 10406.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.79 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 36.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.73 mb = 2622.46 m = 8603.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.73 mb = 3878.83 m = 12725.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.73 mb = 11076.01 m = 36338.17 ft B at Equ Level: 619.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.73 mb = 13682.71 m = 44890.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.6 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 262.6 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 458.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 3.34 Bulk Shear: 186.45 m/s