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: 34.52,-100.28 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 505 SFC 944 558 23.8 15.4 59 8.4 18.1 132 11 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.4 11.72 3 900 978 23.8 13.3 52 10.5 16.9 168 25 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.3 10.73 4 850 1476 20.7 11.6 56 9.1 14.8 190 30 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.5 10.13 5 800 1996 16.4 10.1 66 6.3 12.4 202 34 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.3 9.75 6 750 2542 12.0 8.1 77 4.0 9.6 213 37 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.3 9.05 7 700 3117 8.1 3.4 72 4.7 5.4 227 34 311.5 312.8 292.6 333.2 7.00 8 650 3725 4.0 -0.9 70 5.0 1.4 242 31 313.5 314.6 291.9 330.9 5.50 9 600 4370 -1.0 -4.5 77 3.5 -2.7 242 36 314.9 315.8 291.5 329.4 4.55 10 550 5058 -6.3 -9.6 77 3.4 -7.7 242 41 316.7 317.3 291.0 327.5 3.35 11 500 5797 -10.9 -21.8 40 10.8 -14.1 243 46 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.3 1.34 12 450 6598 -16.2 -31.7 25 15.5 -19.4 246 45 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.60 13 400 7472 -23.4 -29.4 57 6.1 -24.5 243 48 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.6 0.83 14 350 8436 -29.6 -31.1 86 1.5 -29.9 242 56 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.8 0.81 15 300 9516 -38.2 -38.8 94 0.6 -38.2 246 58 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.2 0.44 16 250 10741 -49.1 -49.1 100 0.0 -49.1 244 64 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.18 17 200 12166 -60.2 -60.9 92 0.7 -60.2 246 76 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 18 150 13943 -62.2 -77.1 12 14.9 -62.3 255 59 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16421 -65.8 -83.7 7 17.9 -66.0 261 40 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.10 m Freezing level: 610.30 mb = 4237.40 m = 13902.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.86 mb = 3940.34 m = 12927.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.69 mb = 1631.77 m = 5353.53 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.12 mb = 2834.62 m = 9299.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 954.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 158.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.16 mb = 2263.09 m = 7424.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.16 mb = 3722.83 m = 12213.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.16 mb = 12160.76 m = 39897.02 ft B at Equ Level: 950.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.16 mb = 14357.39 m = 47103.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 400.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 6.42 Bulk Shear: 148.59 m/s