MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.38,-97.44 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 978 304 27.2 17.6 56 9.6 20.6 167 14 302.3 304.7 294.6 340.9 13.07 2 950 557 24.9 16.1 58 8.9 18.9 174 22 302.5 304.7 294.0 338.5 12.18 3 900 1029 20.6 14.9 70 5.8 16.8 185 22 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.0 11.91 4 850 1520 16.2 13.7 85 2.4 14.6 194 22 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.7 11.68 5 800 2033 12.2 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 209 23 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.9 10.63 6 750 2572 9.4 6.9 84 2.5 7.9 217 25 306.8 308.3 292.3 332.0 8.34 7 700 3141 5.6 1.9 77 3.7 3.6 218 24 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.0 6.30 8 650 3744 1.7 -2.4 74 4.2 -0.3 232 26 310.9 311.9 290.7 326.3 4.93 9 600 4384 -2.6 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 236 33 313.2 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.14 10 550 5072 -5.4 -8.2 80 2.9 -6.6 241 37 317.7 318.5 291.7 329.9 3.74 11 500 5814 -10.3 -12.5 83 2.3 -11.1 251 30 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.2 2.92 12 450 6618 -15.2 -17.3 84 2.1 -15.9 256 33 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.19 13 400 7498 -21.7 -22.4 94 0.8 -21.9 256 35 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.3 1.58 14 350 8466 -29.2 -29.7 95 0.5 -29.3 258 36 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.93 15 300 9547 -38.3 -38.8 95 0.5 -38.4 259 41 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.44 16 250 10771 -49.2 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 256 53 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 17 200 12196 -59.3 -61.8 72 2.5 -59.3 260 78 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 13984 -63.6 -77.0 14 13.5 -63.7 258 69 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16431 -67.7 -83.7 8 16.0 -67.8 270 44 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.24 m Freezing level: 629.83 mb = 4002.17 m = 13130.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.23 mb = 3691.21 m = 12110.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.12 mb = 1518.59 m = 4982.20 ft T: 16.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.58 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.85 mb = 1835.88 m = 6023.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.62 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.98 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1013.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.67 mb = 1694.14 m = 5558.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.67 mb = 2057.33 m = 6749.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.67 mb = 12269.08 m = 40252.39 ft B at Equ Level: 997.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.67 mb = 14501.39 m = 47576.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.6 neg: -2.8 tot: 119.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 16.69 Bulk Shear: 60.72 m/s