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: 36.54,-100.28 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 498 SFC 918 799 26.7 11.3 38 15.4 16.8 180 20 307.3 309.0 293.1 335.2 9.21 3 900 972 24.1 10.7 43 13.4 15.5 184 26 306.4 308.1 292.7 333.6 9.03 4 850 1467 19.3 9.7 54 9.6 13.3 190 27 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.94 5 800 1985 14.4 8.8 69 5.7 10.9 195 26 306.5 308.2 292.6 333.4 8.90 6 750 2526 10.0 6.7 80 3.3 8.0 203 27 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.4 8.22 7 700 3098 7.7 1.8 66 5.9 4.4 220 25 311.0 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.22 8 650 3705 3.5 -2.5 64 6.1 0.5 235 23 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.89 9 600 4349 -1.9 -7.2 67 5.3 -4.3 235 29 313.9 314.6 290.5 325.8 3.72 10 550 5034 -6.8 -15.4 50 8.6 -9.8 237 38 316.1 316.5 289.7 323.0 2.10 11 500 5771 -11.6 -26.5 28 14.9 -15.3 235 43 318.9 319.1 289.3 322.0 0.88 12 450 6569 -17.3 -34.1 22 16.8 -20.4 237 45 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.2 0.47 13 400 7440 -23.9 -35.1 35 11.2 -25.7 241 50 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.48 14 350 8399 -31.9 -34.7 76 2.8 -32.3 240 57 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.58 15 300 9468 -40.7 -41.8 90 1.0 -40.8 238 58 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.2 0.33 16 250 10682 -50.8 -51.0 98 0.2 -50.8 238 64 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 17 200 12102 -58.9 -64.5 48 5.6 -59.0 237 71 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.03 18 150 13898 -61.1 -78.6 8 17.5 -61.3 252 61 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16390 -65.6 -83.6 6 18.0 -65.7 265 37 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.27 m Freezing level: 617.39 mb = 4124.69 m = 13532.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3768.96 m = 12365.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.26 mb = 2724.62 m = 8938.94 ft T: 9.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 11.47 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.99 mb = 3239.75 m = 10628.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 34.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.98 mb = 2671.31 m = 8764.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.98 mb = 4189.57 m = 13745.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.98 mb = 11157.88 m = 36606.77 ft B at Equ Level: 619.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.98 mb = 13418.47 m = 44023.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -1.0 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 11.27 Bulk Shear: 55.21 m/s