MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.75,-94.29 Latitude: 31.75 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 993 102 27.2 20.7 68 6.5 22.5 184 13 301.0 303.8 296.0 346.9 15.63 2 950 491 24.2 19.8 77 4.4 21.1 190 33 301.8 304.6 296.1 347.5 15.51 3 900 963 20.8 18.0 84 2.8 18.9 202 41 302.9 305.6 295.8 346.2 14.60 4 850 1458 19.8 14.1 70 5.7 16.0 229 40 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.1 12.01 5 800 1979 16.3 11.4 72 5.0 13.1 243 39 308.6 310.6 294.5 340.8 10.62 6 750 2525 11.7 8.4 80 3.3 9.7 249 40 309.3 311.0 293.7 337.6 9.28 7 700 3098 7.8 1.8 66 6.0 4.5 253 41 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.4 6.23 8 650 3707 6.1 -13.6 23 19.7 -1.9 261 44 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.6 2.05 9 600 4359 2.6 -18.2 20 20.8 -5.0 266 47 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.2 1.52 10 550 5055 -2.2 -22.3 20 20.1 -8.7 267 49 321.4 321.7 290.4 325.5 1.16 11 500 5804 -7.4 -27.5 18 20.1 -12.8 264 50 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.8 0.80 12 450 6615 -13.1 -31.3 20 18.2 -17.2 262 55 326.8 326.9 291.5 329.1 0.62 13 400 7501 -19.4 -34.4 25 15.0 -22.2 263 60 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.6 0.52 14 350 8478 -27.4 -38.2 35 10.8 -28.9 265 63 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.4 0.40 15 300 9566 -37.0 -42.2 58 5.2 -37.5 269 67 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.31 16 250 10798 -46.9 -52.5 52 5.7 -47.1 278 72 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.12 17 200 12248 -55.3 -63.4 36 8.1 -55.5 276 66 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14031 -63.3 -74.7 20 11.4 -63.4 289 61 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16472 -68.7 -83.1 11 14.4 -68.8 285 34 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.13 m Freezing level: 573.34 mb = 4730.04 m = 15518.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.82 mb = 3521.91 m = 11554.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.64 % Est. max temperature: 33.37 C = 92.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.01 mb = 934.08 m = 3064.52 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.18 mb = 1880.87 m = 6170.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.49 C = 94.07 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.59 mb = 1112.82 m = 3650.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.59 mb = 2417.20 m = 7930.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.59 mb = 12579.63 m = 41271.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1518.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.59 mb = 15920.54 m = 52232.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 42.5 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 515.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 515.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.68 Bulk Rich Number: 8.37 Bulk Shear: 183.13 m/s