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: 34.23,-95.59 Latitude: 34.23 Longitude: -95.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 982 208 24.4 18.3 69 6.1 20.2 194 16 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.6 13.56 2 950 497 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.1 194 37 300.5 302.9 294.1 339.2 13.19 3 900 967 20.7 14.8 69 5.9 16.8 204 50 302.8 305.0 293.8 337.9 11.84 4 850 1461 19.2 9.7 54 9.5 13.2 224 58 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.1 8.90 5 800 1979 15.4 8.6 64 6.7 11.2 239 60 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.3 8.82 6 750 2523 10.9 6.4 74 4.4 8.2 246 60 308.4 309.9 292.5 333.0 8.09 7 700 3094 6.0 3.8 86 2.2 4.7 249 59 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.1 7.18 8 650 3697 1.6 -0.6 86 2.1 0.5 251 57 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.3 5.66 9 600 4336 -3.2 -7.2 74 4.0 -5.0 250 56 312.4 313.1 290.0 324.2 3.71 10 550 5020 -6.6 -19.5 35 12.9 -10.6 254 60 316.3 316.6 289.1 321.3 1.49 11 500 5760 -9.5 -24.7 28 15.2 -13.7 259 65 321.5 321.7 290.3 325.1 1.03 12 450 6565 -15.0 -32.4 21 17.4 -18.6 260 75 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.56 13 400 7444 -21.7 -36.6 25 14.9 -24.1 260 78 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.4 0.42 14 350 8412 -29.4 -41.8 29 12.4 -30.9 256 77 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 15 300 9493 -37.4 -47.5 34 10.1 -38.2 257 80 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.17 16 250 10727 -46.0 -53.1 45 7.1 -46.4 253 83 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12178 -56.1 -63.2 41 7.0 -56.3 250 88 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13972 -60.5 -77.4 9 16.9 -60.6 247 59 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16446 -66.0 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 266 47 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.82 m Freezing level: 633.54 mb = 3907.06 m = 12818.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.52 mb = 3751.81 m = 12308.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.77 mb = 988.44 m = 3242.89 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.32 mb = 2210.70 m = 7252.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.15 C = 91.66 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.14 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 781.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.13 mb = 1429.14 m = 4688.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.13 mb = 2882.32 m = 9456.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.13 mb = 10776.23 m = 35354.66 ft B at Equ Level: 778.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.13 mb = 13643.08 m = 44760.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 42.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 855.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 855.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 285.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 12.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.96 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 240.44 m/s