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,-97.68 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -97.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 976 313 28.3 16.8 50 11.5 20.4 166 15 303.5 305.8 294.4 340.3 12.39 2 950 552 25.8 15.5 53 10.3 18.9 173 22 303.4 305.6 293.9 338.3 11.75 3 900 1025 21.5 14.4 64 7.1 16.8 184 22 303.6 305.8 293.8 337.9 11.52 4 850 1517 16.9 13.3 79 3.6 14.6 192 22 303.8 305.9 293.7 337.7 11.38 5 800 2032 12.7 11.3 92 1.3 11.9 207 23 304.7 306.6 293.4 336.4 10.61 6 750 2571 9.3 7.4 88 1.9 8.2 219 25 306.7 308.3 292.5 332.9 8.66 7 700 3140 5.2 2.8 84 2.4 3.9 222 24 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.8 6.71 8 650 3742 1.7 -2.3 75 4.0 -0.3 231 27 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.5 4.98 9 600 4383 -2.2 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.7 233 34 313.5 314.5 291.5 329.4 5.01 10 550 5071 -5.5 -8.0 82 2.5 -6.6 237 37 317.5 318.3 291.7 329.8 3.79 11 500 5813 -10.3 -12.1 86 1.9 -11.0 249 36 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.5 3.01 12 450 6617 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.7 -15.9 254 35 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.7 2.25 13 400 7496 -21.6 -22.1 96 0.5 -21.7 255 34 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.7 1.63 14 350 8465 -29.2 -29.5 97 0.3 -29.3 256 35 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.8 0.95 15 300 9546 -38.2 -38.5 97 0.3 -38.2 256 41 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.46 16 250 10771 -49.1 -49.1 100 0.0 -49.1 255 51 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.17 17 200 12195 -59.6 -61.7 76 2.1 -59.6 259 77 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 18 150 13982 -63.2 -77.2 13 14.0 -63.3 257 70 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16430 -67.8 -83.7 9 15.9 -67.9 269 44 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.89 m Freezing level: 628.29 mb = 4020.53 m = 13190.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.28 mb = 3701.36 m = 12143.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.47 mb = 1765.74 m = 5793.05 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 13.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.34 mb = 2006.72 m = 6583.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.69 mb = 1877.18 m = 6158.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.69 mb = 2246.51 m = 7370.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.69 mb = 12204.74 m = 40041.31 ft B at Equ Level: 957.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.69 mb = 14411.65 m = 47281.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.5 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 254.5 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 14.76 Bulk Shear: 65.52 m/s