MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.95,-94.35 Latitude: 34.95 Longitude: -94.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 978 256 28.4 18.5 55 9.9 21.5 207 11 303.5 306.1 295.4 344.6 13.84 2 950 510 24.9 17.4 63 7.5 19.7 210 21 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.6 13.27 3 900 981 20.4 16.3 77 4.1 17.7 211 23 302.5 305.0 294.6 341.3 13.09 4 850 1472 16.0 15.2 95 0.8 15.5 214 23 303.0 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.88 5 800 1986 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 226 26 305.2 307.2 293.5 336.8 10.52 6 750 2528 10.7 8.1 84 2.6 9.1 228 24 308.2 309.9 293.2 335.7 9.05 7 700 3101 7.2 5.0 86 2.3 5.9 231 21 310.5 312.0 292.9 334.6 7.82 8 650 3707 2.7 1.4 91 1.2 2.0 229 21 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.4 6.55 9 600 4350 -1.7 -2.4 95 0.7 -2.0 219 28 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.1 5.36 10 550 5038 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.8 221 36 317.5 318.4 292.2 331.8 4.42 11 500 5779 -11.5 -12.9 89 1.4 -12.0 224 41 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.4 2.84 12 450 6580 -15.7 -21.2 62 5.5 -17.3 228 45 323.5 323.8 291.4 328.9 1.56 13 400 7458 -21.3 -29.0 50 7.7 -22.9 230 51 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.5 0.87 14 350 8429 -28.2 -34.4 55 6.2 -29.2 235 62 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.59 15 300 9516 -36.6 -43.2 51 6.6 -37.2 238 72 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.28 16 250 10751 -46.9 -49.8 72 2.9 -47.0 241 82 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 17 200 12207 -52.4 -65.9 18 13.5 -52.7 240 89 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14032 -61.6 -78.2 9 16.6 -61.8 252 77 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16486 -70.6 -83.6 13 13.0 -70.6 261 38 391.3 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.70 m Freezing level: 619.20 mb = 4103.08 m = 13461.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4020.59 m = 13190.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.41 mb = 1508.22 m = 4948.17 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.53 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1582.11 m = 5190.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 26.67 C K Index: 40.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 418.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1204.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.76 mb = 1484.80 m = 4871.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.76 mb = 1841.55 m = 6041.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.76 mb = 11474.31 m = 37644.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1190.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.76 mb = 14725.69 m = 48312.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 60.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 87.96 Bulk Shear: 13.70 m/s