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: 34.49,-100.03 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -100.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 507 SFC 949 514 24.2 15.5 58 8.7 18.4 130 11 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.5 11.77 3 900 981 24.2 13.0 49 11.2 16.8 172 27 306.4 308.4 293.8 338.0 10.48 4 850 1479 20.8 11.2 54 9.6 14.6 186 35 307.9 309.8 293.8 337.9 9.89 5 800 1999 16.1 10.1 67 6.1 12.3 195 36 308.4 310.2 293.8 337.9 9.72 6 750 2545 12.0 8.0 77 4.0 9.5 210 36 309.6 311.3 293.6 337.1 9.01 7 700 3119 8.0 4.0 76 4.0 5.6 225 35 311.3 312.7 292.7 333.8 7.28 8 650 3727 3.8 -0.3 75 4.1 1.7 240 31 313.3 314.4 292.1 331.5 5.78 9 600 4372 -1.2 -3.5 84 2.3 -2.3 244 35 314.7 315.6 291.8 330.3 4.92 10 550 5060 -6.5 -8.0 89 1.5 -7.1 246 40 316.4 317.1 291.3 328.7 3.81 11 500 5798 -11.2 -18.0 57 6.8 -13.3 246 46 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.86 12 450 6599 -16.4 -29.0 33 12.6 -19.1 248 45 322.7 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.77 13 400 7473 -23.0 -31.0 48 8.1 -24.5 246 48 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.7 0.72 14 350 8437 -29.7 -30.7 91 1.0 -29.9 242 55 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.8 0.85 15 300 9518 -38.1 -38.1 100 0.0 -38.1 247 58 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.5 0.48 16 250 10744 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 246 63 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.18 17 200 12169 -60.0 -61.0 87 1.1 -60.0 247 76 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.05 18 150 13943 -62.6 -76.9 13 14.4 -62.7 256 61 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16423 -65.5 -83.8 6 18.2 -65.7 261 39 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.33 m Freezing level: 612.08 mb = 4216.38 m = 13833.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 3989.72 m = 13089.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.51 % Est. max temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.82 mb = 1623.25 m = 5325.56 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2849.54 m = 9348.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.37 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 893.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 773.05 mb = 2288.84 m = 7509.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.05 mb = 3751.27 m = 12307.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.05 mb = 12229.43 m = 40122.31 ft B at Equ Level: 878.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.05 mb = 14450.81 m = 47410.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 437.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 437.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 145.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.30 Bulk Shear: 141.70 m/s