MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 34.15,-96.62 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -96.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 982 232 22.3 18.5 79 3.8 19.7 195 11 297.0 299.5 293.5 336.8 13.79 2 950 525 22.8 16.6 68 6.1 18.6 209 27 300.3 302.6 293.7 337.4 12.64 3 900 995 20.3 13.8 66 6.5 16.0 220 29 302.4 304.5 293.2 335.3 11.11 4 850 1486 16.6 11.7 73 4.9 13.4 233 28 303.5 305.4 292.8 333.9 10.21 5 800 1999 12.5 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 238 28 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.7 9.10 6 750 2538 9.1 4.1 71 5.1 6.3 234 29 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.3 6.84 7 700 3107 6.2 -0.8 61 7.0 2.6 235 33 309.3 310.3 290.3 325.3 5.16 8 650 3710 2.1 -8.5 45 10.7 -2.5 236 39 311.4 312.0 289.1 321.2 3.08 9 600 4351 -2.0 -15.4 35 13.4 -6.8 238 46 313.8 314.1 288.8 320.1 1.92 10 550 5037 -6.2 -31.7 11 25.5 -12.1 240 45 316.7 316.8 288.2 318.5 0.49 11 500 5775 -11.7 -24.1 35 12.4 -15.0 244 44 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.09 12 450 6572 -18.0 -24.1 59 6.1 -19.6 255 42 320.6 320.8 290.2 324.7 1.21 13 400 7441 -24.0 -26.1 83 2.0 -24.5 246 43 323.8 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.14 14 350 8403 -30.8 -32.0 89 1.2 -31.0 237 54 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.0 0.75 15 300 9476 -39.8 -40.4 94 0.6 -39.9 238 66 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.7 0.37 16 250 10700 -47.9 -49.3 85 1.4 -47.9 241 91 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.17 17 200 12135 -58.2 -61.3 67 3.1 -58.3 241 92 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 13944 -60.5 -78.7 7 18.1 -60.7 241 51 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16425 -65.8 -83.7 7 17.9 -66.0 254 37 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.51 m Freezing level: 624.27 mb = 4040.34 m = 13255.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.66 mb = 3407.35 m = 11178.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.51 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.91 mb = 720.00 m = 2362.19 ft T: 21.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.38 mb = 1858.72 m = 6098.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.37 C Showalter Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.69 mb = 1438.49 m = 4719.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.69 mb = 2430.66 m = 7974.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.69 mb = 10970.39 m = 35991.66 ft B at Equ Level: 904.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.69 mb = 13956.71 m = 45789.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 48.33 m/s