MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.25,-100.36 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -100.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 1 950 517 SFC 943 578 27.0 14.2 45 12.8 18.4 176 19 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.83 3 900 991 22.3 13.1 56 9.2 16.3 179 28 304.5 306.5 293.4 336.2 10.60 4 850 1484 18.3 11.4 64 6.9 13.8 185 28 305.3 307.1 293.1 335.3 9.99 5 800 2002 16.1 6.5 53 9.6 10.3 205 31 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.5 7.60 6 750 2548 12.5 4.2 57 8.3 7.8 220 36 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.5 6.93 7 700 3123 8.2 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 231 37 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.6 6.45 8 650 3730 3.5 0.2 79 3.3 1.7 242 37 312.9 314.0 292.2 331.6 5.98 9 600 4374 -1.6 -2.5 94 0.9 -2.0 244 42 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.1 5.33 10 550 5062 -5.9 -6.5 95 0.6 -6.2 243 48 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.8 4.26 11 500 5802 -10.7 -13.2 82 2.5 -11.6 243 48 320.0 320.6 291.5 329.2 2.76 12 450 6605 -16.0 -20.8 67 4.8 -17.4 239 44 323.2 323.5 291.3 328.7 1.63 13 400 7480 -22.6 -28.0 62 5.3 -23.8 245 46 325.6 325.8 291.4 329.0 0.96 14 350 8445 -30.1 -32.7 78 2.6 -30.5 246 54 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.70 15 300 9523 -38.5 -41.4 74 2.9 -38.8 245 58 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.4 0.34 16 250 10748 -48.9 -50.4 84 1.5 -49.0 241 61 333.3 333.4 292.8 333.9 0.15 17 200 12174 -59.3 -62.4 67 3.1 -59.3 246 71 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13962 -62.3 -77.6 11 15.3 -62.4 253 65 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16433 -68.2 -83.7 9 15.5 -68.3 258 39 395.9 395.9 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.97 m Freezing level: 615.80 mb = 4170.57 m = 13682.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.08 mb = 4018.83 m = 13184.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.83 mb = 2196.28 m = 7205.55 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 6.15 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.57 mb = 2962.48 m = 9719.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 610.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 165.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.49 mb = 2232.46 m = 7324.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.49 mb = 3810.89 m = 12502.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.49 mb = 11464.34 m = 37612.22 ft B at Equ Level: 606.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.49 mb = 13819.18 m = 45337.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 262.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.86 Bulk Rich Number: 5.14 Bulk Shear: 118.66 m/s