MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 34.25,-98.00 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 972 309 21.8 18.1 79 3.7 19.3 140 9 297.4 299.8 293.5 336.7 13.59 2 950 513 23.8 16.3 63 7.5 18.7 165 20 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.8 12.37 3 900 985 21.8 13.5 59 8.3 16.3 197 23 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.2 10.84 4 850 1478 17.5 11.7 69 5.8 13.8 210 25 304.5 306.4 293.0 335.0 10.21 5 800 1993 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 10.9 230 26 305.3 307.1 292.6 333.4 9.35 6 750 2533 9.0 5.9 81 3.1 7.2 246 30 306.4 307.8 291.7 329.9 7.77 7 700 3100 4.2 1.9 85 2.3 2.9 246 37 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.3 6.28 8 650 3701 2.6 -16.2 24 18.8 -4.2 235 41 311.9 312.2 287.9 317.4 1.66 9 600 4342 -2.3 -23.2 18 20.9 -8.5 231 41 313.5 313.6 287.7 316.8 0.98 10 550 5026 -7.3 -30.3 14 23.0 -12.7 231 41 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.56 11 500 5760 -12.5 -31.4 19 18.9 -16.6 230 46 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.55 12 450 6556 -17.8 -41.4 11 23.6 -21.2 227 52 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.7 0.23 13 400 7426 -24.1 -45.9 12 21.8 -26.6 222 57 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.16 14 350 8384 -31.9 -47.9 19 16.1 -33.2 216 61 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.3 0.14 15 300 9456 -39.3 -58.5 11 19.3 -40.2 217 75 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.05 16 250 10682 -47.5 -58.5 27 11.0 -47.9 220 90 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.06 17 200 12124 -55.8 -68.1 20 12.4 -56.0 221 79 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13935 -59.4 -79.0 6 19.5 -59.6 229 51 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16417 -64.9 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.1 242 39 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.22 m Freezing level: 623.40 mb = 4042.33 m = 13262.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.37 mb = 3342.68 m = 10966.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.06 mb = 782.84 m = 2568.33 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 20.96 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2089.28 m = 6854.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.05 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 39.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1061.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.40 mb = 1706.68 m = 5599.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.40 mb = 2505.93 m = 8221.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.40 mb = 10881.65 m = 35700.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1056.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.40 mb = 13834.70 m = 45388.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 241.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.52 Bulk Rich Number: 8.80 Bulk Shear: 120.54 m/s