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: 34.79,-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 107 SFC 974 336 17.6 16.9 96 0.7 17.2 121 16 293.0 295.3 291.3 328.7 12.55 2 950 546 17.2 16.3 94 0.9 16.5 125 27 294.6 296.8 291.7 329.9 12.32 3 900 1009 17.9 15.3 85 2.6 16.2 162 30 300.0 302.2 293.3 335.8 12.24 4 850 1499 16.7 12.1 75 4.5 13.8 194 30 303.6 305.6 293.0 335.0 10.53 5 800 2014 13.7 8.6 71 5.1 10.6 220 35 305.7 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.77 6 750 2555 10.1 5.7 74 4.4 7.5 234 34 307.6 309.0 292.0 331.0 7.69 7 700 3126 6.5 2.5 76 4.0 4.3 254 32 309.7 310.9 291.7 329.9 6.55 8 650 3731 2.4 -0.4 82 2.8 0.9 264 34 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.5 5.72 9 600 4373 -2.0 -3.5 89 1.5 -2.7 266 39 313.8 314.8 291.6 329.5 4.94 10 550 5061 -6.1 -7.2 92 1.1 -6.6 264 44 316.9 317.6 291.7 329.9 4.05 11 500 5801 -10.6 -11.5 93 0.9 -10.9 264 45 320.1 320.8 291.9 330.6 3.17 12 450 6604 -15.7 -16.7 92 1.0 -16.0 261 40 323.5 324.0 292.1 331.3 2.30 13 400 7482 -21.4 -22.8 88 1.4 -21.7 257 38 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.6 1.53 14 350 8452 -28.5 -29.7 89 1.2 -28.7 251 40 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.7 0.93 15 300 9537 -37.1 -38.8 85 1.7 -37.3 241 40 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.44 16 250 10769 -47.0 -49.7 74 2.7 -47.2 236 34 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.16 17 200 12208 -58.5 -59.9 84 1.4 -58.5 224 30 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 13973 -66.0 -74.4 30 8.4 -66.1 254 57 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16408 -66.6 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.7 266 55 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.20 m Freezing level: 622.53 mb = 4083.64 m = 13397.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.53 mb = 3886.09 m = 12749.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.37 mb = 426.19 m = 1398.26 ft T: 17.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2071.33 m = 6795.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.82 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 35.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 95.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 198.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.46 mb = 1043.10 m = 3422.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.46 mb = 3962.90 m = 13001.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.46 mb = 7271.21 m = 23855.38 ft B at Equ Level: 94.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 281.46 mb = 9967.79 m = 32702.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 620.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 620.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.5 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 347.17 m/s