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: 35.55,-101.11 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -101.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 493 2 900 959 SFC 898 982 21.1 12.2 57 8.9 15.3 199 13 303.5 305.3 292.6 333.1 9.97 4 850 1454 19.3 9.3 52 10.0 13.1 197 28 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.6 8.70 5 800 1973 15.5 7.5 59 8.1 10.6 206 36 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.5 8.14 6 750 2517 11.0 5.7 70 5.3 7.9 213 38 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.9 7.65 7 700 3089 6.2 3.2 81 3.0 4.5 219 38 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.6 6.90 8 650 3692 1.2 -0.6 88 1.8 0.3 224 38 310.4 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.64 9 600 4332 -2.2 -7.9 65 5.6 -4.7 224 38 313.5 314.2 290.2 324.8 3.52 10 550 5017 -6.8 -15.2 51 8.4 -9.8 225 41 316.0 316.4 289.7 323.1 2.13 11 500 5753 -12.4 -17.7 65 5.3 -14.1 224 45 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.2 1.90 12 450 6549 -17.7 -19.7 85 2.0 -18.3 228 48 320.9 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.78 13 400 7421 -23.1 -24.3 90 1.2 -23.4 237 49 324.9 325.2 291.6 329.6 1.34 14 350 8386 -29.8 -30.3 95 0.5 -29.9 243 48 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.8 0.88 15 300 9465 -38.3 -38.7 96 0.4 -38.4 244 52 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.45 16 250 10691 -48.6 -48.7 99 0.1 -48.7 245 56 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12117 -60.3 -60.4 99 0.1 -60.3 248 59 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.06 18 150 13917 -59.8 -78.6 7 18.8 -60.0 261 45 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16413 -65.3 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.5 262 32 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.06 m Freezing level: 632.25 mb = 3918.86 m = 12856.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.17 mb = 3726.41 m = 12225.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.75 mb = 2113.50 m = 6933.97 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.08 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 3014.94 m = 9891.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 316.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.27 mb = 2647.46 m = 8685.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.27 mb = 3405.35 m = 11172.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.27 mb = 9162.04 m = 30058.83 ft B at Equ Level: 316.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.27 mb = 12663.96 m = 41547.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 5.22 Bulk Shear: 60.71 m/s