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: 38.33,-99.99 Latitude: 38.33 Longitude: -99.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 511 SFC 925 742 18.0 11.5 66 6.5 13.9 99 7 297.7 299.4 290.2 324.6 9.23 3 900 976 19.1 10.6 58 8.5 13.8 118 11 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.6 8.95 4 850 1465 16.0 9.7 66 6.4 12.1 163 17 302.9 304.6 291.5 329.4 8.89 5 800 1977 12.1 7.7 75 4.4 9.5 181 21 304.0 305.6 291.4 328.8 8.28 6 750 2516 9.4 3.6 67 5.8 6.1 205 22 306.7 308.0 290.8 326.9 6.62 7 700 3085 6.4 1.0 68 5.4 3.5 208 18 309.6 310.7 291.1 327.9 5.90 8 650 3690 2.5 -3.1 66 5.6 -0.2 212 20 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.6 4.69 9 600 4331 -2.7 -8.1 67 5.4 -5.1 214 24 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.0 3.46 10 550 5015 -7.3 -20.0 36 12.7 -11.2 218 27 315.4 315.7 288.8 320.2 1.42 11 500 5750 -12.4 -25.9 32 13.5 -15.8 227 29 317.9 318.1 289.0 321.1 0.92 12 450 6545 -18.3 -28.8 39 10.5 -20.5 233 35 320.3 320.4 289.7 323.0 0.79 13 400 7413 -24.9 -32.1 51 7.2 -26.1 235 41 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.65 14 350 8368 -32.7 -39.1 53 6.4 -33.4 236 47 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.37 15 300 9434 -40.9 -51.1 32 10.3 -41.5 240 48 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.12 16 250 10647 -51.1 -59.3 37 8.2 -51.3 241 58 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.05 17 200 12066 -58.4 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.5 243 61 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 18 150 13866 -60.0 -79.1 7 19.1 -60.2 252 44 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16368 -65.0 -83.7 6 18.7 -65.2 265 29 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.02 m Freezing level: 625.94 mb = 3998.65 m = 13118.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.86 mb = 3654.28 m = 11988.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.48 C = 77.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.51 mb = 1569.96 m = 5150.72 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 2973.25 m = 9754.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.80 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 32.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 230.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.41 mb = 2120.28 m = 6956.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 541.41 mb = 5136.40 m = 16851.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.41 mb = 8957.74 m = 29388.55 ft B at Equ Level: 88.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.41 mb = 10869.43 m = 35660.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 167.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 85.80 m/s