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: 35.12,-100.67 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -100.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 491 SFC 917 799 24.3 12.7 48 11.5 16.7 175 16 304.9 306.7 293.1 335.2 10.12 3 900 963 24.0 12.3 48 11.7 16.4 176 26 306.3 308.1 293.4 336.6 10.06 4 850 1460 20.1 11.0 56 9.1 14.3 186 35 307.2 309.0 293.5 336.7 9.75 5 800 1979 16.1 9.1 63 7.0 11.7 199 42 308.3 310.0 293.3 336.1 9.13 6 750 2525 12.2 6.0 66 6.2 8.5 212 41 309.8 311.3 292.7 333.8 7.83 7 700 3099 8.1 1.7 64 6.4 4.6 230 39 311.5 312.6 291.9 330.7 6.18 8 650 3706 3.3 -3.4 61 6.7 -0.0 231 40 312.7 313.5 290.9 327.1 4.57 9 600 4350 -1.2 -10.9 48 9.7 -5.2 225 46 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.7 2.77 10 550 5037 -5.8 -24.2 22 18.4 -11.0 227 51 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.6 0.98 11 500 5776 -11.1 -32.5 15 21.3 -15.7 231 52 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.2 0.50 12 450 6575 -16.9 -32.4 25 15.4 -20.0 236 54 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.56 13 400 7447 -23.7 -33.5 40 9.8 -25.4 241 58 324.2 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.57 14 350 8408 -31.2 -34.7 71 3.5 -31.7 246 59 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.58 15 300 9482 -39.1 -39.8 93 0.7 -39.2 245 66 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.40 16 250 10702 -49.7 -50.1 95 0.4 -49.7 244 72 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 17 200 12130 -56.9 -66.0 31 9.1 -57.1 244 64 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13937 -61.5 -78.1 9 16.7 -61.6 256 47 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16412 -66.3 -83.5 7 17.2 -66.4 251 41 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.89 m Freezing level: 613.80 mb = 4172.16 m = 13688.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.42 mb = 3700.91 m = 12141.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.36 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.83 mb = 2260.38 m = 7415.86 ft T: 14.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.66 mb = 3079.71 m = 10103.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.17 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 829.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.90 mb = 2548.01 m = 8359.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.90 mb = 3669.73 m = 12039.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.90 mb = 11436.58 m = 37521.12 ft B at Equ Level: 816.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.90 mb = 13816.64 m = 45329.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.9 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 251.9 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 364.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 6.71 Bulk Shear: 123.60 m/s