MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F123.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F123.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 123 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.38,-96.03 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 988 216 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.2 166 12 293.7 296.0 291.7 330.2 12.78 2 950 555 16.9 16.5 97 0.4 16.7 176 27 294.4 296.6 291.8 330.2 12.54 3 900 1016 15.6 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 195 38 297.6 299.9 292.6 333.5 12.36 4 850 1501 14.5 8.0 65 6.5 10.6 207 37 301.3 302.8 290.2 324.9 7.93 5 800 2012 12.2 6.7 69 5.5 9.0 216 30 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.3 7.72 6 750 2550 9.0 5.0 76 3.9 6.7 220 26 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.6 7.33 7 700 3119 5.5 2.1 79 3.3 3.7 219 28 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.2 6.39 8 650 3721 1.5 -0.3 88 1.8 0.6 222 29 310.7 311.8 291.3 328.6 5.77 9 600 4362 -2.7 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.1 228 32 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.5 4.92 10 550 5047 -7.0 -8.8 87 1.8 -7.8 240 37 315.8 316.4 290.9 327.3 3.57 11 500 5784 -12.2 -14.3 84 2.1 -12.9 232 46 318.2 318.7 290.7 326.5 2.52 12 450 6581 -17.6 -18.3 95 0.7 -17.8 229 49 321.1 321.5 291.1 327.9 2.01 13 400 7452 -23.7 -23.8 99 0.1 -23.7 233 47 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.1 1.40 14 350 8413 -31.1 -31.1 100 -0.0 -31.1 237 50 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.8 0.82 15 300 9486 -39.6 -39.6 100 -0.0 -39.6 241 65 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.41 16 250 10709 -48.5 -48.5 100 0.0 -48.5 245 86 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 17 200 12137 -60.2 -60.3 99 0.1 -60.2 245 92 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 18 150 13929 -60.0 -78.7 7 18.7 -60.2 245 55 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16426 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 260 30 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.13 m Freezing level: 631.86 mb = 3953.65 m = 12971.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.80 mb = 3822.88 m = 12542.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.61 mb = 486.05 m = 1594.62 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.58 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1149.30 m = 3770.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.49 C = 76.07 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.07 mb = 762.90 m = 2502.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.07 mb = 3695.32 m = 12123.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.07 mb = 9665.68 m = 31711.17 ft B at Equ Level: 255.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.07 mb = 12071.33 m = 39603.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.6 neg: -17.0 tot: 263.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 3.58 Bulk Shear: 71.81 m/s