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: 34.85,-100.52 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -100.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 494 SFC 929 688 25.5 13.3 47 12.2 17.5 153 15 305.0 306.9 293.3 336.1 10.37 3 900 968 24.6 12.6 47 12.0 16.7 164 26 306.9 308.8 293.7 337.7 10.23 4 850 1467 21.1 10.9 52 10.2 14.5 187 30 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.5 9.65 5 800 1988 16.8 9.2 61 7.6 12.0 199 37 309.1 310.8 293.6 337.1 9.17 6 750 2534 12.2 7.5 73 4.7 9.3 207 42 309.8 311.4 293.4 336.5 8.71 7 700 3108 7.7 4.2 78 3.5 5.7 220 39 311.0 312.4 292.8 333.9 7.42 8 650 3716 3.6 -0.6 74 4.2 1.4 230 37 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.7 5.62 9 600 4360 -1.4 -5.0 77 3.6 -3.1 228 45 314.5 315.3 291.3 328.4 4.39 10 550 5047 -6.3 -14.0 54 7.7 -9.2 230 52 316.6 317.1 290.1 324.4 2.35 11 500 5786 -11.0 -32.0 16 21.0 -15.6 232 52 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.5 0.52 12 450 6585 -17.4 -26.5 45 9.1 -19.6 237 53 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.97 13 400 7456 -23.4 -28.2 65 4.8 -24.4 245 58 324.5 324.7 291.1 327.8 0.93 14 350 8421 -29.5 -31.5 83 2.0 -29.9 242 61 329.0 329.1 292.2 331.8 0.78 15 300 9502 -38.3 -41.3 73 3.1 -38.5 248 72 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10727 -49.0 -50.9 81 1.9 -49.1 249 75 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 17 200 12154 -59.4 -61.7 74 2.4 -59.5 256 71 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 18 150 13947 -61.5 -78.4 9 17.0 -61.6 253 54 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16421 -66.7 -83.5 8 16.8 -66.8 259 40 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.10 m Freezing level: 614.24 mb = 4176.55 m = 13702.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.85 mb = 3905.67 m = 12813.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.41 mb = 2241.17 m = 7352.83 ft T: 14.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.86 mb = 2991.90 m = 9815.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 871.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.54 mb = 2583.74 m = 8476.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.54 mb = 3708.94 m = 12168.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.54 mb = 11825.11 m = 38795.81 ft B at Equ Level: 867.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.54 mb = 14344.74 m = 47062.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 42.2 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 378.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.93 Bulk Rich Number: 5.33 Bulk Shear: 163.46 m/s