MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.91,-95.08 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 984 141 29.6 16.6 45 13.1 20.6 198 14 304.1 306.4 294.4 340.2 12.12 2 950 454 27.2 15.3 48 11.9 19.2 206 31 304.8 306.9 294.2 339.5 11.61 3 900 929 23.0 13.8 56 9.2 16.9 214 38 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.5 11.10 4 850 1425 18.8 11.9 64 6.9 14.3 223 43 305.9 307.8 293.6 336.9 10.34 5 800 1942 14.3 10.0 75 4.4 11.6 231 47 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.5 9.65 6 750 2483 9.3 8.3 94 1.0 8.7 235 49 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.6 9.22 7 700 3052 5.3 3.3 87 2.0 4.1 242 52 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.5 6.92 8 650 3655 3.0 -8.3 43 11.3 -1.9 245 57 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.5 3.14 9 600 4301 0.7 -15.2 29 15.8 -5.3 248 65 316.9 317.3 289.8 323.4 1.96 10 550 4993 -4.1 -20.6 26 16.5 -9.4 248 67 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.8 1.35 11 500 5737 -9.2 -36.0 9 26.9 -14.7 253 67 321.9 321.9 289.7 323.2 0.35 12 450 6542 -15.5 -34.4 18 18.9 -19.2 255 72 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.4 0.46 13 400 7420 -21.4 -32.9 35 11.5 -23.5 257 82 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.60 14 350 8390 -29.0 -40.1 33 11.1 -30.4 256 84 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.9 0.33 15 300 9471 -38.0 -43.1 59 5.1 -38.5 261 91 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.28 16 250 10699 -47.8 -51.0 69 3.2 -48.0 267 99 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 17 200 12152 -53.1 -67.8 15 14.7 -53.4 273 80 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13960 -60.6 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.7 294 80 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16442 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.6 280 25 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.64 m Freezing level: 593.10 mb = 4396.40 m = 14423.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.86 mb = 3458.92 m = 11348.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.06 mb = 1793.14 m = 5882.93 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 17.76 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.86 mb = 2188.10 m = 7178.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.04 C K Index: 37.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 797.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.63 mb = 1987.82 m = 6521.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.63 mb = 2365.20 m = 7759.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.63 mb = 11223.93 m = 36823.47 ft B at Equ Level: 786.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.63 mb = 13530.10 m = 44389.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 451.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.91 Bulk Rich Number: 4.90 Bulk Shear: 162.68 m/s