MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F099.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 99 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 50 1 950 490 2 900 962 SFC 887 1090 28.1 7.5 27 20.6 15.3 196 16 311.8 313.2 293.0 334.6 7.37 4 850 1464 23.5 6.6 34 16.9 13.1 203 23 310.7 312.1 292.5 332.9 7.20 5 800 1988 18.4 5.7 43 12.8 10.8 209 25 310.8 312.2 292.5 333.0 7.17 6 750 2536 13.2 4.7 56 8.5 8.2 215 26 310.9 312.3 292.5 333.0 7.14 7 700 3111 8.0 3.3 72 4.7 5.4 222 28 311.4 312.7 292.5 332.9 6.95 8 650 3718 2.8 1.0 88 1.8 1.8 229 33 312.2 313.4 292.2 331.9 6.34 9 600 4360 -2.6 -4.0 90 1.5 -3.3 232 39 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.1 4.73 10 550 5044 -7.2 -15.7 51 8.5 -10.2 231 43 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.05 11 500 5781 -11.5 -30.3 20 18.8 -15.7 231 48 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.62 12 450 6579 -17.3 -33.4 23 16.1 -20.4 231 50 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.3 0.51 13 400 7450 -24.0 -33.7 40 9.7 -25.6 235 55 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.56 14 350 8409 -31.8 -32.3 96 0.4 -31.9 237 63 325.8 326.0 291.3 328.5 0.73 15 300 9481 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 240 72 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10702 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 244 82 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12124 -59.4 -62.1 71 2.7 -59.4 244 81 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 18 150 13923 -61.1 -78.0 9 16.9 -61.3 256 64 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.01 19 100 16419 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.7 265 34 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.83 m Freezing level: 623.87 mb = 4053.71 m = 13299.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.99 mb = 3943.50 m = 12937.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 655.90 mb = 3644.06 m = 11955.42 ft T: 3.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.81 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.41 mb = 3725.25 m = 12221.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.96 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.43 mb = 3587.65 m = 11770.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.43 mb = 3899.91 m = 12794.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.43 mb = 11084.36 m = 36365.57 ft B at Equ Level: 491.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.43 mb = 13310.45 m = 43668.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.30 Bulk Shear: 53.78 m/s