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: 35.06,-101.86 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -101.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 524 2 900 992 SFC 890 1090 24.2 10.1 41 14.1 15.3 197 14 307.5 309.1 292.8 334.1 8.77 4 850 1487 19.1 8.6 51 10.5 12.7 202 19 306.2 307.7 292.0 331.3 8.30 5 800 2005 15.8 5.0 49 10.8 9.5 210 22 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.0 6.86 6 750 2550 12.6 3.4 53 9.2 7.3 223 24 310.2 311.5 291.8 330.4 6.53 7 700 3126 8.6 1.7 62 6.9 4.8 233 28 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.3 6.19 8 650 3734 3.8 -1.6 68 5.4 1.0 236 30 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.8 5.25 9 600 4378 -1.3 -5.8 71 4.5 -3.4 234 32 314.6 315.4 291.1 327.8 4.13 10 550 5066 -6.1 -12.6 60 6.5 -8.7 232 38 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.5 2.64 11 500 5804 -11.5 -17.6 61 6.1 -13.5 230 42 319.0 319.4 290.4 325.5 1.92 12 450 6603 -16.9 -23.0 59 6.2 -18.5 233 44 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.6 1.33 13 400 7476 -23.5 -28.2 65 4.7 -24.5 239 48 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.8 0.94 14 350 8437 -31.2 -31.9 93 0.8 -31.3 239 56 326.7 326.9 291.6 329.4 0.75 15 300 9511 -39.3 -39.3 100 -0.0 -39.4 240 62 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.42 16 250 10731 -49.7 -50.0 97 0.3 -49.7 240 71 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.16 17 200 12153 -60.1 -61.1 88 1.0 -60.1 244 72 337.6 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13940 -62.0 -77.3 11 15.3 -62.1 256 68 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16424 -65.7 -83.7 6 18.0 -65.9 259 38 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.17 m Freezing level: 612.70 mb = 4214.49 m = 13826.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3878.15 m = 12723.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.35 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.73 mb = 2859.16 m = 9380.32 ft T: 10.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.25 mb = 3705.34 m = 12156.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.60 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 32.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.46 mb = 3013.67 m = 9887.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.46 mb = 5144.18 m = 16877.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.46 mb = 9408.12 m = 30866.17 ft B at Equ Level: 113.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.46 mb = 11417.69 m = 37459.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.31 Bulk Shear: 49.90 m/s