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,-99.34 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -99.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 968 391 28.1 15.7 47 12.4 19.7 203 14 304.0 306.2 294.0 338.8 11.67 2 950 557 25.4 15.1 53 10.3 18.5 202 19 303.0 305.1 293.6 336.9 11.46 3 900 1029 20.8 14.2 66 6.6 16.4 200 20 303.0 305.1 293.5 336.7 11.38 4 850 1520 16.3 13.1 82 3.1 14.2 199 21 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.5 11.22 5 800 2036 15.8 5.4 50 10.3 9.7 209 25 307.9 309.3 291.6 329.6 7.07 6 750 2581 12.2 2.7 52 9.5 6.9 211 23 309.8 311.0 291.5 329.0 6.21 7 700 3154 7.8 -0.4 56 8.2 3.5 214 22 311.1 312.1 291.1 327.8 5.33 8 650 3760 2.8 -2.5 68 5.3 0.2 223 26 312.2 313.1 291.0 327.6 4.90 9 600 4402 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.9 229 30 313.5 314.4 291.5 329.1 4.96 10 550 5089 -6.0 -7.6 88 1.6 -6.7 235 31 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.7 3.93 11 500 5829 -11.0 -12.4 89 1.5 -11.5 241 35 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.4 2.95 12 450 6631 -15.9 -17.2 90 1.3 -16.3 261 37 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.8 2.22 13 400 7509 -21.9 -22.8 93 0.9 -22.1 267 39 326.5 326.8 292.2 331.8 1.53 14 350 8476 -29.6 -30.2 94 0.6 -29.7 264 41 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.0 0.88 15 300 9555 -39.0 -39.0 99 0.1 -38.9 257 44 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.43 16 250 10776 -49.7 -50.3 93 0.6 -49.7 260 60 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 17 200 12200 -58.7 -63.8 51 5.2 -58.7 258 69 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 13992 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.6 -62.2 259 65 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16448 -68.7 -84.1 9 15.4 -68.8 260 41 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.28 m Freezing level: 622.43 mb = 4114.45 m = 13498.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.25 mb = 3794.50 m = 12449.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.68 mb = 1944.03 m = 6377.98 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.02 C/km ThetaE index: 11.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.57 mb = 2708.20 m = 8885.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.13 C = 93.43 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 32.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 777.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.57 mb = 1871.89 m = 6141.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.57 mb = 3505.63 m = 11501.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.57 mb = 11871.65 m = 38948.52 ft B at Equ Level: 764.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.57 mb = 13968.46 m = 45827.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 41.40 Bulk Shear: 18.78 m/s