MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.26,-97.42 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 977 290 23.6 18.7 74 5.0 20.2 147 17 298.7 301.3 294.2 339.5 14.00 2 950 538 22.8 17.9 74 4.9 19.4 151 31 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.6 13.72 3 900 1010 22.1 14.6 62 7.5 17.0 183 31 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.0 11.65 4 850 1504 18.5 11.9 65 6.7 14.2 199 32 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.6 10.33 5 800 2021 14.5 9.3 71 5.2 11.3 211 29 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.5 9.22 6 750 2564 10.8 5.4 69 5.4 7.6 228 25 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.2 7.50 7 700 3136 6.9 1.2 67 5.7 3.8 236 25 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.7 5.98 8 650 3741 3.1 -2.5 67 5.6 0.3 247 25 312.5 313.4 291.1 327.9 4.89 9 600 4385 -1.1 -4.8 76 3.7 -2.9 258 20 314.8 315.7 291.5 329.1 4.47 10 550 5074 -5.9 -7.2 91 1.3 -6.5 262 22 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.1 4.05 11 500 5814 -10.9 -12.9 85 2.0 -11.7 266 25 319.7 320.3 291.5 329.1 2.82 12 450 6615 -16.4 -17.0 95 0.6 -16.6 264 27 322.7 323.1 291.8 330.3 2.24 13 400 7491 -22.3 -22.5 98 0.2 -22.3 261 32 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.5 1.57 14 350 8458 -29.3 -29.4 99 0.1 -29.3 258 40 329.3 329.5 292.4 332.7 0.96 15 300 9539 -38.4 -38.6 98 0.2 -38.4 257 46 331.3 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.45 16 250 10762 -49.6 -50.0 95 0.4 -49.7 259 53 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.16 17 200 12184 -60.3 -62.1 79 1.8 -60.3 268 69 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 18 150 13964 -63.0 -77.3 13 14.3 -63.1 264 62 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16429 -65.6 -84.5 6 18.9 -65.7 273 42 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.77 m Freezing level: 613.20 mb = 4214.94 m = 13828.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.91 mb = 3791.45 m = 12438.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.13 mb = 921.73 m = 3024.00 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2118.24 m = 6949.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1258.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.96 mb = 1534.74 m = 5035.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.96 mb = 2879.63 m = 9447.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.96 mb = 12437.86 m = 40806.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.96 mb = 14742.43 m = 48366.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 330.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 9.33 Bulk Shear: 134.91 m/s