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,-99.52 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -99.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 960 427 22.9 16.5 68 6.3 18.6 151 9 299.5 301.8 293.3 335.8 12.43 2 950 514 23.1 16.2 65 6.9 18.5 151 15 300.7 302.9 293.5 336.8 12.30 3 900 986 22.7 13.8 57 8.9 16.8 170 29 304.9 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.07 4 850 1482 19.9 11.0 57 8.9 14.2 185 34 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.5 9.76 5 800 2002 16.2 8.3 60 7.9 11.3 199 36 308.4 310.0 293.0 334.7 8.63 6 750 2547 11.9 6.7 70 5.2 8.8 214 36 309.5 311.0 293.0 334.7 8.23 7 700 3121 7.5 4.9 84 2.6 6.0 225 40 310.8 312.3 293.0 334.8 7.80 8 650 3728 3.7 0.4 79 3.3 2.0 244 37 313.1 314.3 292.3 332.2 6.08 9 600 4373 -1.4 -2.8 90 1.4 -2.1 254 36 314.5 315.5 292.0 330.9 5.20 10 550 5061 -6.3 -7.4 92 1.1 -6.8 252 42 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.4 3.99 11 500 5800 -11.2 -15.4 71 4.2 -12.7 251 47 319.4 319.8 290.9 327.1 2.30 12 450 6601 -16.0 -27.0 38 11.0 -18.6 253 47 323.1 323.3 290.7 326.4 0.93 13 400 7477 -22.0 -33.0 36 11.0 -24.0 249 46 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.60 14 350 8445 -29.0 -32.8 70 3.8 -29.6 240 47 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.1 0.69 15 300 9527 -37.9 -38.5 94 0.6 -38.0 251 53 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.46 16 250 10753 -48.9 -48.9 100 0.0 -48.9 250 63 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 17 200 12180 -59.8 -61.0 86 1.2 -59.9 249 74 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 18 150 13952 -63.0 -76.7 14 13.7 -63.1 257 59 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16427 -65.5 -83.9 6 18.4 -65.7 261 40 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.53 m Freezing level: 613.88 mb = 4194.20 m = 13760.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.84 mb = 4033.42 m = 13232.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.45 mb = 1235.90 m = 4054.74 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 3.28 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.43 mb = 2653.77 m = 8706.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.31 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 39.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 473.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.16 mb = 1946.49 m = 6386.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.16 mb = 3726.20 m = 12224.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.16 mb = 11862.73 m = 38919.26 ft B at Equ Level: 748.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.16 mb = 13945.75 m = 45753.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 482.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 482.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 4.41 Bulk Shear: 169.95 m/s