MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.79,-97.60 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -97.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 129 SFC 976 337 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.1 168 15 295.0 297.3 292.2 331.7 12.78 2 950 570 17.4 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 173 24 294.8 297.1 291.8 330.4 12.40 3 900 1032 17.3 14.6 84 2.7 15.5 202 26 299.3 301.5 292.7 333.5 11.71 4 850 1521 17.1 9.4 60 7.7 12.4 218 22 304.1 305.7 291.8 330.2 8.74 5 800 2037 14.1 6.8 61 7.4 9.7 240 25 306.2 307.7 291.6 329.7 7.75 6 750 2578 9.9 4.5 69 5.4 6.8 248 24 307.4 308.7 291.4 328.9 7.06 7 700 3147 5.9 1.9 76 3.9 3.7 250 25 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.4 6.30 8 650 3750 1.6 -0.3 87 1.9 0.6 252 26 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.77 9 600 4391 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 256 27 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.22 10 550 5078 -6.2 -7.1 93 0.9 -6.6 263 27 316.7 317.5 291.7 329.9 4.09 11 500 5817 -11.0 -11.9 93 0.9 -11.3 268 28 319.7 320.3 291.7 329.8 3.08 12 450 6619 -16.0 -16.6 95 0.6 -16.2 271 31 323.1 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.33 13 400 7496 -22.0 -22.1 99 0.2 -22.0 267 36 326.4 326.8 292.3 332.1 1.62 14 350 8465 -29.1 -30.6 86 1.5 -29.4 258 35 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.6 0.85 15 300 9546 -38.3 -39.5 89 1.2 -38.4 252 35 331.4 331.4 292.5 332.9 0.41 16 250 10768 -50.0 -50.7 92 0.8 -50.0 260 47 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.15 17 200 12192 -58.3 -63.5 51 5.2 -58.4 264 63 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 18 150 13976 -64.3 -76.7 17 12.5 -64.4 258 66 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16428 -67.8 -84.2 8 16.4 -67.9 268 40 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.15 m Freezing level: 629.90 mb = 4007.79 m = 13148.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.25 mb = 3871.20 m = 12700.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.55 mb = 664.49 m = 2180.06 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.59 mb = 2210.26 m = 7251.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 210.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.84 mb = 1091.07 m = 3579.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.84 mb = 3640.35 m = 11943.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.84 mb = 7517.35 m = 24662.92 ft B at Equ Level: 82.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.84 mb = 11059.44 m = 36283.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 95.58 m/s