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: 34.36,-98.14 Latitude: 34.36 Longitude: -98.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 970 327 22.0 18.1 79 3.9 19.4 134 8 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.2 13.62 2 950 511 24.0 16.4 63 7.6 18.8 162 17 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.43 3 900 983 21.8 13.4 59 8.4 16.3 197 21 304.0 306.0 293.4 336.3 10.82 4 850 1476 17.7 11.3 66 6.4 13.6 214 22 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.5 9.95 5 800 1992 13.5 8.9 74 4.6 10.7 233 24 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.5 8.97 6 750 2532 9.0 5.8 80 3.2 7.1 242 29 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.7 7.72 7 700 3099 4.0 2.4 89 1.6 3.1 241 35 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.7 6.49 8 650 3699 1.9 -15.0 27 16.9 -4.4 235 40 311.1 311.4 287.8 317.1 1.83 9 600 4339 -2.2 -27.6 12 25.4 -8.9 233 40 313.6 313.7 287.4 315.9 0.66 10 550 5023 -7.1 -31.7 12 24.6 -12.7 232 40 315.6 315.7 287.9 317.3 0.49 11 500 5758 -12.8 -32.4 18 19.7 -16.8 229 44 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.3 0.50 12 450 6552 -18.1 -41.5 11 23.4 -21.5 224 50 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.3 0.22 13 400 7421 -24.4 -46.4 11 22.1 -26.8 222 56 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.15 14 350 8378 -32.2 -48.2 19 16.1 -33.5 217 62 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.14 15 300 9449 -39.6 -58.9 11 19.3 -40.5 216 74 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.7 0.05 16 250 10672 -47.9 -61.4 19 13.6 -48.3 219 87 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12115 -55.5 -68.6 18 13.1 -55.8 222 77 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 13929 -58.9 -79.1 6 20.2 -59.2 227 48 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16414 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.6 242 39 403.1 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.10 m Freezing level: 626.85 mb = 3995.09 m = 13107.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.39 mb = 3340.54 m = 10959.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.90 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.85 mb = 821.06 m = 2693.74 ft T: 22.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 22.23 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.70 mb = 2121.24 m = 6959.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -4.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 40.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.56 mb = 1744.84 m = 5724.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.56 mb = 2436.55 m = 7993.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.56 mb = 10975.13 m = 36007.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.56 mb = 13988.47 m = 45893.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 215.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 112.61 m/s