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: 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 1 950 488 2 900 955 SFC 886 1090 22.0 9.8 46 12.2 14.3 193 7 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.5 8.60 4 850 1451 21.9 6.9 38 15.0 12.8 202 21 309.1 310.4 292.2 331.6 7.36 5 800 1974 18.3 4.8 41 13.5 10.4 212 31 310.7 312.0 292.2 331.6 6.77 6 750 2522 13.7 2.6 47 11.1 7.4 221 37 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.5 6.14 7 700 3098 8.3 0.1 56 8.2 3.9 228 41 311.7 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.52 8 650 3705 2.6 -2.4 70 5.0 0.1 232 42 311.9 312.9 291.0 327.4 4.94 9 600 4345 -3.5 -4.8 91 1.3 -4.1 233 43 312.1 312.9 290.6 326.2 4.47 10 550 5028 -7.1 -16.9 45 9.8 -10.4 233 43 315.7 316.1 289.3 321.9 1.86 11 500 5765 -11.2 -31.8 16 20.7 -15.7 235 53 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.3 0.53 12 450 6565 -16.8 -33.0 23 16.3 -20.0 234 56 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.53 13 400 7438 -23.4 -34.7 35 11.3 -25.3 238 57 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.50 14 350 8399 -30.6 -34.2 71 3.6 -31.1 241 59 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.61 15 300 9476 -38.7 -39.4 93 0.7 -38.8 237 70 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.42 16 250 10699 -49.4 -49.8 95 0.5 -49.4 243 69 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 17 200 12124 -58.6 -63.7 52 5.1 -58.7 240 57 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.04 18 150 13923 -61.0 -78.4 8 17.4 -61.2 255 55 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16418 -65.2 -83.6 6 18.4 -65.4 266 34 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.66 m Freezing level: 628.54 mb = 3979.49 m = 13055.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.06 mb = 3716.17 m = 12192.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.53 mb = 2639.88 m = 8660.92 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 10.31 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.81 mb = 3656.77 m = 11997.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.49 mb = 3341.61 m = 10963.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.49 mb = 4025.04 m = 13205.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.49 mb = 9146.86 m = 30009.02 ft B at Equ Level: 195.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.49 mb = 11982.42 m = 39311.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.7 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 259.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 109.09 m/s