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,-95.4 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 978 238 24.0 18.5 71 5.6 20.2 190 17 299.1 301.6 294.1 339.3 13.80 2 950 495 22.8 17.7 73 5.1 19.2 191 38 300.3 302.7 294.3 339.9 13.51 3 900 964 20.2 15.6 75 4.5 17.1 200 51 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.3 12.52 4 850 1458 19.1 9.7 54 9.4 13.2 221 59 306.2 307.8 292.6 333.1 8.93 5 800 1976 15.4 8.8 65 6.6 11.3 236 61 307.5 309.2 292.9 334.5 8.90 6 750 2520 11.0 6.5 74 4.5 8.3 244 62 308.5 310.1 292.6 333.3 8.12 7 700 3091 6.3 3.9 85 2.4 4.9 248 62 309.4 310.8 292.2 331.6 7.23 8 650 3695 1.8 -0.1 87 1.9 0.8 251 59 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.2 5.87 9 600 4335 -2.8 -6.4 77 3.5 -4.4 249 56 312.8 313.6 290.4 325.4 3.96 10 550 5019 -6.4 -18.6 37 12.2 -10.4 251 58 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.8 1.60 11 500 5760 -9.4 -24.3 29 14.9 -13.6 257 64 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.3 1.07 12 450 6565 -15.0 -31.3 24 16.3 -18.5 258 74 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.62 13 400 7444 -21.7 -35.3 28 13.7 -24.0 260 77 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.47 14 350 8412 -29.4 -40.8 32 11.4 -30.8 255 76 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.31 15 300 9493 -37.5 -46.5 39 9.0 -38.2 256 79 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.3 0.20 16 250 10726 -46.2 -52.1 51 5.9 -46.5 252 83 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12176 -56.2 -63.1 42 6.9 -56.3 250 90 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 13971 -60.2 -77.3 9 17.1 -60.4 245 59 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16445 -65.7 -83.7 7 17.9 -65.9 267 47 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.99 m Freezing level: 630.54 mb = 3943.79 m = 12938.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.03 mb = 3793.24 m = 12444.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.70 C = 89.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.85 mb = 946.58 m = 3105.53 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.30 mb = 2153.82 m = 7066.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.81 C = 91.05 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 885.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.39 mb = 1352.90 m = 4438.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.39 mb = 2796.31 m = 9174.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.39 mb = 11117.22 m = 36473.39 ft B at Equ Level: 879.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.39 mb = 14161.21 m = 46460.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 43.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 934.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 934.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 311.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.85 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 254.16 m/s