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: 33.33,-94.18 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -94.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 8 SFC 990 98 27.3 19.4 62 8.0 21.8 184 15 301.4 304.0 295.3 343.9 14.45 2 950 460 25.9 18.0 62 7.9 20.4 192 34 303.4 306.0 295.3 344.3 13.77 3 900 935 23.4 15.2 60 8.2 17.8 210 39 305.6 307.9 294.8 342.0 12.15 4 850 1432 19.9 12.5 62 7.4 15.0 222 42 307.0 309.0 294.2 339.5 10.76 5 800 1952 16.0 9.6 66 6.4 12.0 234 47 308.2 310.0 293.6 336.9 9.44 6 750 2496 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 8.9 242 50 308.7 310.3 293.1 335.2 8.69 7 700 3068 6.3 4.8 90 1.5 5.4 250 54 309.5 310.9 292.6 333.1 7.70 8 650 3672 1.7 -0.2 87 1.9 0.7 256 56 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.0 5.83 9 600 4315 -0.1 -13.8 35 13.7 -5.4 256 61 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.2 2.19 10 550 5006 -3.8 -26.2 16 22.3 -10.1 257 62 319.5 319.7 289.5 322.4 0.82 11 500 5751 -9.1 -29.4 18 20.2 -14.1 258 66 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.3 0.67 12 450 6556 -15.0 -29.2 29 14.2 -18.2 261 74 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.1 0.76 13 400 7436 -21.1 -32.8 34 11.7 -23.3 259 79 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.61 14 350 8407 -28.7 -36.7 46 8.0 -29.9 259 83 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.47 15 300 9491 -36.8 -45.9 38 9.1 -37.5 260 87 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.21 16 250 10731 -45.1 -56.6 26 11.5 -45.6 275 97 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.07 17 200 12189 -54.1 -65.4 24 11.2 -54.4 264 70 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 13989 -61.1 -75.4 13 14.3 -61.3 287 65 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16459 -66.6 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 287 36 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.35 m Freezing level: 603.11 mb = 4275.12 m = 14025.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3744.87 m = 12286.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.92 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.47 mb = 1115.87 m = 3660.94 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.30 mb = 2129.55 m = 6986.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.33 C = 93.79 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 39.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 117.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.27 mb = 1581.58 m = 5188.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.27 mb = 2493.11 m = 8179.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.27 mb = 11558.35 m = 37920.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1260.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.27 mb = 14848.15 m = 48713.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 607.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 607.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 202.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.10 Bulk Rich Number: 5.37 Bulk Shear: 235.77 m/s