MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.98,-95.32 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 990 147 26.3 16.7 56 9.6 19.8 166 12 300.3 302.5 293.3 336.0 12.17 2 950 507 25.2 15.8 56 9.4 18.8 176 30 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.2 11.96 3 900 980 22.0 13.8 60 8.2 16.5 191 37 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.08 4 850 1474 18.6 11.3 62 7.3 13.9 208 38 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.4 9.92 5 800 1991 14.2 9.2 72 4.9 11.1 213 42 306.2 308.0 292.8 334.0 9.19 6 750 2532 9.2 7.5 89 1.7 8.2 215 46 306.5 308.1 292.5 332.8 8.70 7 700 3102 7.8 -1.0 53 8.9 3.2 233 43 311.2 312.1 290.9 327.0 5.07 8 650 3710 3.9 -1.3 69 5.1 1.2 239 44 313.3 314.4 291.7 330.2 5.37 9 600 4355 -1.4 -5.8 72 4.4 -3.4 247 47 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.7 4.13 10 550 5043 -5.5 -18.0 37 12.4 -9.7 251 51 317.5 317.9 289.8 323.2 1.69 11 500 5783 -10.4 -24.6 30 14.2 -14.3 250 53 320.3 320.5 289.9 324.0 1.04 12 450 6586 -15.9 -28.6 33 12.6 -18.8 258 51 323.2 323.4 290.6 326.1 0.80 13 400 7462 -22.1 -30.9 45 8.7 -23.8 263 60 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.73 14 350 8430 -29.3 -36.7 49 7.4 -30.3 268 69 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.47 15 300 9512 -37.1 -40.8 68 3.7 -37.5 263 72 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.36 16 250 10753 -44.3 -55.6 27 11.4 -44.8 249 70 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.08 17 200 12210 -55.8 -61.4 50 5.6 -55.9 253 76 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 18 150 14007 -62.1 -75.3 16 13.2 -62.2 263 45 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16470 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 257 47 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.50 m Freezing level: 613.33 mb = 4183.10 m = 13723.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.13 mb = 3871.38 m = 12701.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.50 mb = 1368.07 m = 4488.38 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.17 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.32 mb = 2178.25 m = 7146.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.59 mb = 1753.61 m = 5753.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.59 mb = 2447.48 m = 8029.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.59 mb = 2782.75 m = 9129.65 ft B at Equ Level: 16.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 657.59 mb = 3615.03 m = 11860.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 495.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 495.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 165.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 169.04 m/s