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: 35.74,-100.84 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 501 SFC 908 894 27.4 9.6 33 17.8 16.1 178 16 309.0 310.5 292.9 334.4 8.30 3 900 974 25.8 9.3 35 16.6 15.4 181 19 308.1 309.7 292.6 333.1 8.18 4 850 1472 20.8 8.3 44 12.6 13.1 188 22 308.0 309.5 292.4 332.7 8.10 5 800 1992 15.9 7.3 56 8.6 10.7 194 23 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.6 8.04 6 750 2536 11.3 5.4 67 6.0 7.9 203 25 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.9 7.51 7 700 3110 8.1 2.3 67 5.8 4.9 220 28 311.5 312.7 292.1 331.5 6.46 8 650 3718 3.6 -0.9 73 4.5 1.3 232 30 313.0 314.0 291.8 330.3 5.51 9 600 4361 -1.8 -5.2 78 3.4 -3.4 233 33 314.0 314.9 291.1 327.8 4.34 10 550 5047 -7.0 -12.0 67 5.1 -8.9 232 39 315.8 316.4 290.2 324.9 2.77 11 500 5784 -12.0 -21.2 46 9.2 -14.7 231 44 318.4 318.6 289.7 323.1 1.41 12 450 6581 -17.6 -27.8 41 10.2 -19.9 233 46 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.1 0.86 13 400 7451 -24.0 -32.7 45 8.7 -25.5 239 49 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.61 14 350 8410 -32.0 -32.6 94 0.6 -32.1 240 58 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.71 15 300 9481 -39.6 -39.7 99 0.1 -39.6 243 67 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.40 16 250 10700 -49.9 -49.9 100 0.0 -49.8 247 74 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 12122 -60.1 -61.4 85 1.3 -60.1 245 76 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 18 150 13915 -60.7 -78.3 8 17.6 -60.9 254 62 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16408 -66.1 -83.7 7 17.6 -66.2 264 41 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.92 m Freezing level: 616.76 mb = 4145.65 m = 13601.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.50 mb = 3886.44 m = 12750.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.45 mb = 3116.40 m = 10224.28 ft T: 8.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.11 mb = 3566.22 m = 11700.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.71 mb = 3054.25 m = 10020.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.71 mb = 4232.33 m = 13885.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.71 mb = 10968.06 m = 35984.01 ft B at Equ Level: 445.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.71 mb = 13145.68 m = 43128.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 130.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 7.11 Bulk Shear: 63.39 m/s