MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.11,-97.84 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 977 286 23.2 18.6 75 4.6 20.0 209 15 298.3 300.9 294.0 338.8 13.91 2 950 527 21.2 17.0 77 4.1 18.4 214 24 298.7 301.0 293.4 336.4 12.95 3 900 993 17.4 15.4 88 1.9 16.1 225 29 299.4 301.7 293.2 335.5 12.35 4 850 1480 14.3 13.1 93 1.2 13.5 234 30 301.1 303.1 292.8 334.1 11.22 5 800 1990 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 233 30 302.8 304.5 291.8 330.3 9.24 6 750 2528 9.7 -0.5 49 10.1 4.4 234 30 307.1 308.0 289.5 322.3 4.94 7 700 3097 6.2 -3.4 50 9.6 1.5 234 36 309.4 310.2 289.6 322.7 4.25 8 650 3701 1.9 -4.3 63 6.2 -1.0 231 41 311.1 312.0 290.2 324.6 4.28 9 600 4341 -2.7 -10.2 56 7.5 -5.8 227 46 313.0 313.6 289.5 322.5 2.94 10 550 5025 -7.3 -25.7 21 18.4 -12.1 227 46 315.5 315.6 288.2 318.4 0.86 11 500 5760 -12.4 -29.0 24 16.6 -16.2 230 44 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 12 450 6554 -18.9 -29.7 38 10.7 -21.1 230 46 319.4 319.6 289.3 322.0 0.72 13 400 7418 -26.0 -34.3 46 8.3 -27.3 228 51 321.2 321.3 289.7 323.1 0.52 14 350 8370 -32.9 -46.0 26 13.1 -34.1 228 61 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 15 300 9438 -39.9 -55.1 18 15.2 -40.6 230 74 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.4 0.07 16 250 10662 -47.6 -57.3 32 9.7 -47.9 228 90 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 17 200 12108 -54.9 -66.7 22 11.9 -55.1 233 72 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13933 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.5 243 52 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.1 250 32 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.63 m Freezing level: 629.10 mb = 3968.26 m = 13019.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.07 mb = 3453.06 m = 11328.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.33 % Est. max temperature: 26.70 C = 80.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.90 mb = 870.77 m = 2856.81 ft T: 18.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.41 mb = 1317.36 m = 4321.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.54 C K Index: 30.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1122.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.91 mb = 1137.43 m = 3731.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.91 mb = 1580.62 m = 5185.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.91 mb = 2418.73 m = 7935.37 ft B at Equ Level: 16.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.91 mb = 13936.48 m = 45722.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 31.91 Bulk Shear: 35.16 m/s