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: 35.09,-101.74 Latitude: 35.09 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 492 2 900 964 SFC 890 1061 28.2 7.7 28 20.5 15.4 201 17 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.5 7.42 4 850 1466 23.2 6.7 35 16.5 13.1 205 23 310.4 311.8 292.4 332.8 7.25 5 800 1989 18.1 5.8 44 12.4 10.7 209 24 310.5 311.9 292.4 332.8 7.23 6 750 2537 12.9 4.8 58 8.1 8.2 213 25 310.6 312.0 292.5 332.9 7.21 7 700 3112 8.0 3.2 72 4.7 5.3 222 27 311.3 312.6 292.4 332.8 6.92 8 650 3719 3.0 0.5 83 2.5 1.7 228 32 312.4 313.6 292.1 331.5 6.11 9 600 4362 -2.4 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 230 37 313.4 314.2 291.1 327.8 4.55 10 550 5046 -7.2 -15.2 53 8.0 -10.0 229 42 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.6 2.13 11 500 5783 -11.8 -27.6 26 15.8 -15.6 229 47 318.6 318.8 289.2 321.4 0.79 12 450 6580 -17.6 -32.9 25 15.3 -20.5 231 50 321.1 321.2 289.7 323.0 0.53 13 400 7450 -24.2 -34.1 39 9.9 -25.8 235 54 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.5 0.53 14 350 8408 -32.0 -32.6 94 0.7 -32.1 238 62 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.70 15 300 9480 -39.5 -39.5 100 -0.0 -39.5 241 72 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10700 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 245 83 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.16 17 200 12123 -59.1 -62.3 66 3.2 -59.2 245 81 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 13924 -60.8 -78.1 8 17.3 -61.0 256 62 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16420 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.1 264 34 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.40 m Freezing level: 621.93 mb = 4079.86 m = 13385.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.52 mb = 3925.19 m = 12877.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 659.24 mb = 3603.48 m = 11822.29 ft T: 3.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.48 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.24 mb = 3740.77 m = 12272.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 36.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 502.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.11 mb = 3543.15 m = 11624.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.11 mb = 3981.34 m = 13061.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.11 mb = 10984.22 m = 36037.03 ft B at Equ Level: 495.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.11 mb = 13173.36 m = 43219.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 11.48 Bulk Shear: 43.75 m/s