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: 32.37,-94.36 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -94.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 991 103 26.3 21.1 73 5.2 22.6 186 13 300.2 303.1 296.1 347.4 16.11 2 950 478 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 192 35 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.5 15.23 3 900 952 21.8 17.7 78 4.1 18.9 203 44 303.9 306.6 295.8 346.4 14.29 4 850 1447 19.6 14.1 71 5.4 16.0 226 39 306.7 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.02 5 800 1968 16.4 10.1 67 6.2 12.4 242 41 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.3 9.77 6 750 2513 11.5 8.1 80 3.4 9.4 244 45 309.1 310.8 293.5 336.8 9.09 7 700 3086 6.4 4.5 88 1.9 5.4 250 47 309.6 311.0 292.5 332.9 7.59 8 650 3691 4.1 -5.5 50 9.6 -0.4 259 50 313.6 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.91 9 600 4339 1.8 -16.5 24 18.3 -5.0 267 56 318.2 318.5 290.0 324.1 1.76 10 550 5035 -2.6 -24.4 17 21.8 -9.1 265 57 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.4 0.97 11 500 5783 -7.8 -28.4 17 20.6 -13.1 262 60 323.5 323.7 290.6 326.1 0.74 12 450 6592 -13.5 -30.2 23 16.7 -17.4 267 67 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.7 0.69 13 400 7477 -19.6 -35.1 24 15.5 -22.4 264 71 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.3 0.48 14 350 8454 -27.3 -41.4 25 14.1 -29.1 265 73 332.0 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.29 15 300 9542 -36.3 -47.3 31 11.0 -37.2 267 73 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 16 250 10784 -44.8 -57.4 23 12.6 -45.3 277 76 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 17 200 12243 -54.7 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.9 268 61 346.1 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14023 -66.1 -71.6 46 5.5 -66.1 278 64 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16464 -67.4 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.5 289 36 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.57 m Freezing level: 579.49 mb = 4624.60 m = 15172.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.87 mb = 3642.71 m = 11951.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.82 % Est. max temperature: 33.07 C = 91.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.66 mb = 762.52 m = 2501.69 ft T: 23.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.39 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1898.66 m = 6229.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.95 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.39 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 39.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1523.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.64 mb = 1189.54 m = 3902.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.64 mb = 2393.83 m = 7853.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.64 mb = 12538.96 m = 41137.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1514.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.64 mb = 15855.00 m = 52017.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 48.0 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 36.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 567.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 567.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.87 Bulk Rich Number: 7.02 Bulk Shear: 217.02 m/s