MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.7,-100.51 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -100.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 493 SFC 934 645 26.1 13.4 45 12.7 17.7 150 15 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.3 10.39 3 900 969 25.0 12.4 46 12.5 16.7 164 27 307.2 309.1 293.8 337.8 10.12 4 850 1468 21.5 10.6 50 10.9 14.6 188 31 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.6 9.50 5 800 1989 17.1 9.2 60 7.9 12.1 199 36 309.3 311.1 293.6 337.3 9.14 6 750 2536 12.3 7.6 73 4.7 9.4 207 40 309.9 311.6 293.5 336.8 8.77 7 700 3110 7.5 4.9 83 2.7 6.0 218 38 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.77 8 650 3718 3.7 -0.3 75 4.0 1.6 229 38 313.2 314.3 292.0 331.3 5.76 9 600 4363 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.2 -2.8 229 45 314.7 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.59 10 550 5050 -6.1 -13.8 55 7.7 -9.0 232 51 316.8 317.3 290.2 324.7 2.39 11 500 5789 -10.7 -32.4 15 21.7 -15.4 234 51 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.50 12 450 6589 -17.4 -25.2 50 7.9 -19.3 239 52 321.4 321.6 290.3 325.2 1.09 13 400 7461 -23.3 -26.9 72 3.7 -24.1 245 57 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.5 1.05 14 350 8426 -29.6 -31.0 88 1.4 -29.9 244 60 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.8 0.82 15 300 9506 -38.3 -40.1 83 1.8 -38.5 247 70 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.39 16 250 10730 -49.2 -50.2 89 1.0 -49.2 248 76 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.15 17 200 12156 -59.3 -61.6 74 2.3 -59.3 253 72 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 18 150 13951 -61.6 -78.0 9 16.5 -61.7 254 56 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16424 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.2 -67.4 257 38 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.10 m Freezing level: 612.60 mb = 4200.16 m = 13779.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.78 mb = 3946.93 m = 12949.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.88 mb = 2259.67 m = 7413.51 ft T: 14.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.35 mb = 2988.22 m = 9803.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 40.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 885.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.68 mb = 2628.96 m = 8625.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.68 mb = 3633.99 m = 11922.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.68 mb = 11946.14 m = 39192.89 ft B at Equ Level: 878.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.68 mb = 14087.75 m = 46219.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 125.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 5.44 Bulk Shear: 162.86 m/s