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: 34.58,-97.29 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 976 320 25.6 18.1 63 7.5 20.4 166 14 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.3 13.46 2 950 558 23.9 16.5 63 7.4 18.9 171 22 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.3 12.52 3 900 1028 20.0 15.1 74 4.9 16.7 185 24 302.1 304.3 293.8 337.9 12.10 4 850 1519 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 196 24 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.2 11.61 5 800 2032 12.3 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 210 24 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.4 10.41 6 750 2571 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 219 26 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.1 8.33 7 700 3141 5.6 2.0 78 3.6 3.7 221 25 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.2 6.34 8 650 3743 1.4 -1.4 82 2.8 0.0 233 27 310.5 311.5 290.9 327.2 5.33 9 600 4383 -2.3 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 238 33 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.8 5.21 10 550 5071 -5.6 -7.7 85 2.1 -6.5 243 36 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.0 3.89 11 500 5812 -10.4 -12.1 88 1.6 -11.1 254 30 320.3 320.9 291.8 330.4 3.04 12 450 6616 -15.4 -16.7 90 1.3 -15.8 257 33 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.7 2.31 13 400 7495 -21.7 -22.4 94 0.7 -21.8 260 36 326.8 327.1 292.3 332.4 1.59 14 350 8463 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 260 37 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.95 15 300 9544 -38.4 -38.6 97 0.3 -38.4 260 41 331.3 331.4 292.5 333.0 0.45 16 250 10767 -49.4 -49.5 99 0.1 -49.4 258 51 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 17 200 12192 -59.3 -61.7 74 2.4 -59.3 259 76 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 13979 -63.8 -77.0 15 13.2 -63.9 258 68 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16426 -67.5 -83.7 8 16.2 -67.6 272 44 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.94 m Freezing level: 631.34 mb = 3981.71 m = 13063.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.62 mb = 3747.48 m = 12294.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.52 mb = 1274.69 m = 4182.01 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 13.17 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1767.36 m = 5798.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 997.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.98 mb = 1548.88 m = 5081.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.98 mb = 2116.00 m = 6942.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.98 mb = 12129.24 m = 39793.60 ft B at Equ Level: 990.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.98 mb = 14751.69 m = 48397.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 149.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 14.42 Bulk Shear: 69.18 m/s