MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-103.22 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 520 2 900 987 SFC 872 1261 25.4 7.8 33 17.6 14.5 209 16 310.5 311.9 292.8 334.0 7.63 4 850 1485 21.9 6.5 37 15.4 12.6 211 22 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.0 7.14 5 800 2007 16.9 5.6 47 11.4 10.2 219 23 309.2 310.6 292.0 331.1 7.13 6 750 2553 12.9 4.4 56 8.6 7.9 238 30 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.2 6.99 7 700 3129 8.8 2.4 64 6.4 5.2 235 34 312.2 313.4 292.4 332.5 6.51 8 650 3737 3.8 -1.1 70 4.9 1.3 234 37 313.3 314.3 291.8 330.3 5.43 9 600 4382 -1.0 -9.0 54 8.1 -4.4 232 41 315.0 315.6 290.4 325.4 3.21 10 550 5070 -5.6 -19.6 32 13.9 -10.1 230 44 317.4 317.7 289.5 322.4 1.47 11 500 5809 -10.9 -25.5 29 14.6 -14.7 231 44 319.8 319.9 289.7 323.1 0.96 12 450 6610 -16.3 -29.4 31 13.1 -19.2 234 47 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.74 13 400 7485 -22.8 -32.1 43 9.2 -24.5 236 52 325.3 325.5 291.0 327.7 0.65 14 350 8448 -30.7 -32.1 88 1.3 -30.9 237 61 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.0 0.74 15 300 9523 -39.2 -40.5 87 1.3 -39.3 241 67 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.37 16 250 10744 -49.4 -52.2 72 2.9 -49.5 239 70 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 17 200 12170 -59.3 -63.0 62 3.7 -59.3 244 72 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13957 -62.0 -77.6 11 15.6 -62.1 251 69 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16438 -65.5 -83.8 6 18.3 -65.7 263 35 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.33 m Freezing level: 610.03 mb = 4252.32 m = 13951.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.00 mb = 3874.40 m = 12711.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.02 mb = 3451.20 m = 11322.70 ft T: 6.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.00 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 634.28 mb = 3934.17 m = 12907.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.77 C Cross Totals Index: 17.35 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.62 mb = 3443.94 m = 11298.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.62 mb = 5525.61 m = 18128.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.62 mb = 9325.55 m = 30595.28 ft B at Equ Level: 67.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.62 mb = 11041.86 m = 36226.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 51.56 m/s