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: 34.78,-100.24 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -100.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 497 SFC 938 610 24.9 13.8 50 11.2 17.6 165 13 303.6 305.6 293.1 335.2 10.62 3 900 972 24.3 12.4 47 11.9 16.5 175 29 306.6 308.5 293.6 337.1 10.13 4 850 1469 20.4 11.0 55 9.4 14.4 187 36 307.5 309.3 293.6 337.1 9.76 5 800 1989 16.1 9.6 65 6.5 12.0 199 40 308.3 310.1 293.6 336.9 9.40 6 750 2534 11.8 7.4 74 4.4 9.1 208 41 309.3 311.0 293.2 335.7 8.62 7 700 3108 7.7 3.8 76 3.9 5.5 222 39 311.0 312.4 292.6 333.2 7.19 8 650 3716 3.8 -1.0 71 4.8 1.3 230 40 313.2 314.3 291.8 330.4 5.47 9 600 4361 -1.1 -5.3 73 4.3 -3.1 230 45 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.6 4.28 10 550 5049 -5.9 -13.7 54 7.8 -8.8 233 49 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.0 2.42 11 500 5788 -10.9 -26.8 26 16.0 -14.9 235 50 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.8 0.85 12 450 6588 -16.6 -31.3 27 14.7 -19.6 240 50 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.6 0.62 13 400 7461 -23.4 -29.3 59 5.8 -24.6 246 53 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.5 0.85 14 350 8424 -30.4 -32.5 82 2.1 -30.7 245 58 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.71 15 300 9501 -38.8 -39.3 95 0.5 -38.8 244 67 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.3 0.42 16 250 10722 -49.3 -51.8 75 2.5 -49.4 242 67 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 17 200 12152 -57.8 -63.3 49 5.5 -57.9 241 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 13951 -61.8 -77.5 11 15.7 -62.0 257 53 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16418 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 250 42 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.69 m Freezing level: 610.91 mb = 4219.84 m = 13844.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.58 mb = 3896.36 m = 12783.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.24 mb = 2029.09 m = 6657.02 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.45 mb = 2938.29 m = 9639.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 38.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 788.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.56 mb = 2460.82 m = 8073.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.56 mb = 3820.92 m = 12535.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.56 mb = 11495.88 m = 37715.68 ft B at Equ Level: 779.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.56 mb = 13886.54 m = 45558.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 391.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 129.21 m/s