MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 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 55 1 950 499 SFC 942 578 26.2 13.4 45 12.8 17.8 174 13 304.6 306.5 293.2 335.5 10.34 3 900 976 25.8 11.6 41 14.1 16.5 184 29 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.2 9.60 4 850 1476 21.4 10.5 50 10.9 14.4 192 34 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.3 9.43 5 800 1997 16.6 9.4 62 7.2 12.0 199 35 308.8 310.6 293.6 337.1 9.27 6 750 2543 11.6 8.0 78 3.6 9.4 206 36 309.2 310.9 293.5 336.7 9.01 7 700 3116 7.3 5.1 86 2.1 6.0 220 36 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.9 7.92 8 650 3723 3.8 0.2 77 3.6 1.9 232 38 313.3 314.4 292.3 332.1 5.99 9 600 4369 -1.0 -3.6 82 2.6 -2.3 235 40 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.5 4.88 10 550 5057 -6.0 -10.3 72 4.3 -7.8 236 45 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.18 11 500 5796 -11.1 -21.5 42 10.4 -14.2 235 47 319.5 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.37 12 450 6595 -16.9 -30.7 29 13.8 -19.7 240 48 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.66 13 400 7467 -23.9 -27.6 71 3.8 -24.6 245 52 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 0.99 14 350 8430 -30.1 -31.6 86 1.6 -30.3 243 59 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.77 15 300 9508 -38.7 -39.7 90 1.0 -38.8 245 67 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.4 0.41 16 250 10730 -49.2 -52.1 72 2.9 -49.3 241 68 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12161 -57.5 -64.5 40 7.0 -57.6 244 65 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 13965 -61.0 -77.7 9 16.7 -61.2 256 56 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16433 -68.5 -83.5 10 14.9 -68.7 250 38 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.50 m Freezing level: 610.35 mb = 4235.10 m = 13894.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.23 mb = 4010.85 m = 13158.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.83 mb = 2202.19 m = 7224.95 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 2984.97 m = 9793.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 40.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 815.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.37 mb = 2672.70 m = 8768.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.37 mb = 3806.02 m = 12486.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.37 mb = 11452.37 m = 37572.93 ft B at Equ Level: 806.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.37 mb = 13826.06 m = 45360.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.6 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 252.6 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 9.10 Bulk Shear: 89.59 m/s