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: 34.25,-95 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 978 244 23.1 18.5 75 4.6 19.9 183 16 298.1 300.6 293.9 338.2 13.83 2 950 498 21.9 17.7 77 4.3 19.0 186 37 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.9 13.51 3 900 967 19.4 16.4 82 3.1 17.4 197 50 301.5 303.9 294.3 340.1 13.11 4 850 1459 19.0 9.8 55 9.2 13.2 216 55 306.0 307.7 292.6 333.1 8.96 5 800 1978 15.8 8.9 63 7.0 11.5 233 55 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.3 8.97 6 750 2523 12.1 4.7 60 7.4 7.8 245 56 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.8 7.17 7 700 3097 7.4 1.2 65 6.1 4.0 252 59 310.6 311.8 291.5 329.2 5.98 8 650 3701 1.8 -2.9 71 4.6 -0.5 254 60 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.9 4.77 9 600 4342 -1.7 -14.1 38 12.4 -6.3 249 56 314.2 314.6 289.1 321.2 2.15 10 550 5030 -5.3 -25.4 19 20.2 -10.9 249 53 317.8 318.0 289.0 320.9 0.88 11 500 5771 -9.5 -29.5 18 20.0 -14.3 254 60 321.4 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.66 12 450 6576 -15.4 -33.5 20 18.1 -19.0 254 64 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.50 13 400 7454 -21.8 -35.0 29 13.2 -24.1 259 73 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.49 14 350 8421 -29.8 -42.0 30 12.2 -31.2 255 73 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.27 15 300 9500 -37.7 -45.4 45 7.6 -38.4 256 78 332.2 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.22 16 250 10733 -46.5 -49.8 69 3.3 -46.7 251 83 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12182 -56.2 -62.7 44 6.5 -56.3 253 89 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13974 -61.8 -76.4 12 14.7 -61.9 245 60 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16451 -64.8 -83.7 6 18.9 -64.9 262 44 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.05 m Freezing level: 624.43 mb = 4028.88 m = 13217.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.63 mb = 3630.83 m = 11912.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.85 mb = 824.96 m = 2706.54 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.41 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.07 mb = 2234.28 m = 7330.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Cap Strength: 4.09 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.29 C K Index: 32.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 179.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.89 mb = 1220.47 m = 4004.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.89 mb = 3109.65 m = 10202.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.89 mb = 11027.87 m = 36180.23 ft B at Equ Level: 840.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.89 mb = 14019.47 m = 45995.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 54.5 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 892.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 892.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 297.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 13.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 251.09 m/s