MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 34.7,-96.8 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -96.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 971 295 33.7 11.8 26 21.9 19.3 203 19 309.4 311.1 293.5 336.8 8.96 2 950 493 30.4 11.3 31 19.1 18.0 206 27 308.1 309.8 293.1 335.1 8.89 3 900 972 25.7 10.6 39 15.1 16.0 209 30 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.1 8.92 4 850 1471 20.9 9.8 49 11.1 13.8 213 30 308.1 309.7 293.2 335.3 8.97 5 800 1991 16.0 8.9 63 7.1 11.6 215 30 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.5 8.98 6 750 2535 10.9 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 219 31 308.5 310.1 293.2 335.6 8.92 7 700 3108 8.2 4.9 80 3.2 6.3 232 35 311.5 313.0 293.2 335.6 7.80 8 650 3718 4.6 0.8 76 3.8 2.5 240 37 314.2 315.4 292.7 333.8 6.25 9 600 4364 -0.7 -8.7 54 8.1 -4.2 248 37 315.3 316.0 290.6 326.0 3.29 10 550 5054 -3.9 -31.3 10 27.4 -10.7 265 35 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.2 0.51 11 500 5800 -8.6 -36.1 9 27.5 -14.3 267 35 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.35 12 450 6606 -14.7 -38.6 11 23.9 -18.9 270 36 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.30 13 400 7485 -21.9 -40.4 17 18.5 -24.6 261 36 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.28 14 350 8452 -29.9 -41.4 32 11.5 -31.2 259 42 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.29 15 300 9529 -38.8 -52.8 22 14.0 -39.6 267 50 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 16 250 10761 -45.4 -61.7 14 16.3 -46.0 271 52 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 17 200 12221 -54.2 -68.0 17 13.8 -54.4 277 52 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14019 -64.6 -75.2 22 10.5 -64.7 284 54 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16441 -70.6 -82.9 15 12.3 -70.7 270 31 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.86 m Freezing level: 606.43 mb = 4281.13 m = 14045.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.16 mb = 3955.56 m = 12977.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.16 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.19 mb = 3023.42 m = 9919.22 ft T: 8.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 1.68 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3433.77 m = 11265.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.21 C = 98.97 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 18.37 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.58 mb = 2890.65 m = 9483.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.58 mb = 4316.28 m = 14160.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 573.58 mb = 4721.50 m = 15490.31 ft B at Equ Level: 7.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 523.58 mb = 5439.45 m = 17845.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 156.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 5.77 Bulk Shear: 41.35 m/s