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: 34.31,-95.32 Latitude: 34.31 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 49 SFC 978 244 23.8 18.5 72 5.3 20.1 188 16 298.8 301.4 294.1 339.1 13.82 2 950 495 22.6 17.7 74 4.9 19.2 190 37 300.1 302.6 294.3 339.7 13.52 3 900 965 20.0 15.8 77 4.2 17.2 199 50 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.5 12.66 4 850 1458 19.1 9.8 55 9.3 13.2 219 59 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.96 5 800 1976 15.4 8.8 65 6.6 11.3 235 60 307.6 309.3 293.0 334.7 8.92 6 750 2520 11.2 6.2 71 5.0 8.2 244 61 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.1 7.96 7 700 3092 6.5 3.4 81 3.0 4.8 249 61 309.6 311.0 292.0 331.2 7.01 8 650 3695 1.8 -0.6 84 2.3 0.5 251 60 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.66 9 600 4336 -2.7 -7.4 70 4.8 -4.7 249 56 313.1 313.7 290.2 324.7 3.65 10 550 5021 -6.2 -19.5 34 13.3 -10.4 250 57 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.8 1.49 11 500 5762 -9.4 -25.0 27 15.6 -13.7 256 64 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.1 1.00 12 450 6567 -15.1 -31.5 23 16.4 -18.6 257 72 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5 0.61 13 400 7445 -21.7 -35.2 28 13.5 -24.0 259 76 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.48 14 350 8413 -29.5 -40.9 32 11.4 -30.9 255 76 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.31 15 300 9494 -37.6 -46.1 41 8.5 -38.2 256 79 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.2 0.20 16 250 10727 -46.3 -51.4 56 5.1 -46.6 252 83 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.13 17 200 12176 -56.2 -63.0 42 6.8 -56.3 250 90 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13971 -60.5 -77.1 9 16.7 -60.6 245 59 365.9 365.9 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16446 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 266 46 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.01 m Freezing level: 629.94 mb = 3952.32 m = 12966.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.81 mb = 3759.53 m = 12334.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.90 mb = 917.45 m = 3009.98 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.88 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2163.33 m = 7097.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 877.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.27 mb = 1324.12 m = 4344.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.27 mb = 2878.50 m = 9443.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.27 mb = 11038.99 m = 36216.71 ft B at Equ Level: 874.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.27 mb = 14041.74 m = 46068.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 57.1 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 929.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 929.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 309.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.74 Bulk Rich Number: 3.45 Bulk Shear: 254.34 m/s