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: 34.79,-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 115 SFC 975 337 21.2 18.3 84 2.9 19.3 148 15 296.6 299.0 293.4 336.2 13.74 2 950 558 19.1 17.5 90 1.6 18.1 153 23 296.6 299.0 293.1 335.2 13.37 3 900 1023 17.9 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 192 21 299.9 302.2 293.6 337.1 12.69 4 850 1513 16.7 12.1 74 4.6 13.7 220 25 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.9 10.49 5 800 2027 13.5 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 229 25 305.5 307.1 292.2 331.5 8.64 6 750 2568 9.7 5.0 72 4.8 7.0 230 23 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.3 7.29 7 700 3137 5.5 2.3 80 3.2 3.8 233 24 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.5 6.48 8 650 3739 1.1 -0.5 89 1.6 0.3 238 28 310.2 311.3 291.1 327.9 5.69 9 600 4379 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 242 34 313.1 314.0 291.4 328.8 4.97 10 550 5066 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.5 247 36 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.2 4.08 11 500 5807 -10.1 -11.7 88 1.6 -10.8 262 35 320.7 321.3 292.0 331.0 3.12 12 450 6611 -15.5 -16.1 95 0.6 -15.7 265 32 323.8 324.3 292.3 332.0 2.42 13 400 7489 -21.7 -22.1 96 0.4 -21.8 262 32 326.8 327.2 292.4 332.5 1.63 14 350 8457 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 256 33 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9537 -38.5 -38.5 100 -0.0 -38.5 256 37 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.46 16 250 10760 -49.5 -49.6 100 0.0 -49.6 256 50 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 12180 -60.5 -61.6 87 1.1 -60.5 259 71 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 18 150 13963 -63.2 -77.0 14 13.8 -63.4 256 63 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.01 19 100 16420 -66.9 -84.0 7 17.1 -67.1 272 46 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.82 m Freezing level: 635.16 mb = 3929.34 m = 12891.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.06 mb = 3787.98 m = 12427.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.14 mb = 702.72 m = 2305.49 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 9.20 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1846.71 m = 6058.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 659.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.04 mb = 1070.06 m = 3510.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.04 mb = 2790.49 m = 9155.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.04 mb = 11868.22 m = 38937.26 ft B at Equ Level: 658.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.04 mb = 13960.99 m = 45803.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.8 neg: -5.0 tot: 204.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 5.11 Bulk Shear: 129.16 m/s