MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.3,-95.48 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 143 25.3 18.5 66 6.8 20.6 186 20 299.2 301.7 294.1 339.1 13.67 2 950 515 22.9 17.7 72 5.2 19.3 190 40 300.4 302.9 294.3 340.0 13.52 3 900 985 21.4 15.6 70 5.8 17.4 207 51 303.5 305.8 294.4 340.5 12.45 4 850 1480 19.8 8.6 48 11.2 12.9 225 49 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.0 8.27 5 800 1999 16.3 9.0 62 7.3 11.7 244 49 308.6 310.3 293.3 336.1 9.06 6 750 2545 12.4 4.6 59 7.8 7.9 257 51 310.0 311.4 292.3 332.0 7.12 7 700 3119 7.7 -0.9 55 8.6 3.2 265 54 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.0 5.13 8 650 3726 4.7 -13.6 25 18.2 -2.6 264 51 314.2 314.6 289.0 321.0 2.06 9 600 4374 1.0 -28.9 9 29.8 -7.2 253 44 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.3 0.59 10 550 5064 -4.8 -35.2 7 30.4 -11.5 265 48 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.7 0.35 11 500 5806 -9.9 -37.9 8 28.0 -15.3 267 52 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.29 12 450 6609 -15.9 -39.6 11 23.7 -19.8 265 56 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.27 13 400 7485 -22.1 -39.7 19 17.6 -24.7 265 62 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.30 14 350 8451 -29.8 -46.0 19 16.3 -31.4 259 63 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.18 15 300 9532 -37.4 -46.1 40 8.7 -38.1 258 71 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.5 0.20 16 250 10769 -44.9 -56.1 27 11.2 -45.4 252 77 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12222 -56.2 -62.4 46 6.2 -56.3 257 77 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14008 -65.5 -74.3 28 8.9 -65.5 256 59 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16465 -66.4 -83.4 7 17.0 -66.5 255 45 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.14 m Freezing level: 591.46 mb = 4491.43 m = 14735.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.28 mb = 3449.92 m = 11318.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.51 % Est. max temperature: 33.28 C = 91.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.91 mb = 1005.12 m = 3297.61 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.81 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.63 mb = 2326.85 m = 7633.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.51 C = 95.92 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 29.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 808.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.89 mb = 1339.62 m = 4395.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.89 mb = 3739.47 m = 12268.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.89 mb = 10797.89 m = 35425.72 ft B at Equ Level: 806.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.89 mb = 14474.27 m = 47487.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 776.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 776.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 258.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.47 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 238.31 m/s