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: 33.56,-94.63 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 987 116 30.6 14.6 38 16.0 19.9 210 14 304.9 306.8 293.5 336.7 10.64 2 950 453 29.2 13.0 37 16.2 18.5 215 32 306.9 308.7 293.6 337.0 9.97 3 900 931 25.2 11.6 42 13.6 16.4 220 39 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.5 9.56 4 850 1430 20.9 10.1 50 10.8 14.1 229 43 308.1 309.8 293.3 336.0 9.18 5 800 1950 16.3 8.3 59 8.0 11.3 238 43 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.60 6 750 2495 11.3 6.0 70 5.3 8.2 244 44 308.8 310.3 292.5 332.8 7.84 7 700 3067 6.2 3.2 81 3.0 4.5 248 46 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.6 6.91 8 650 3669 0.8 0.3 96 0.5 0.5 249 51 309.8 311.0 291.3 328.4 6.01 9 600 4308 -3.2 -7.0 75 3.8 -4.9 249 57 312.4 313.1 290.1 324.4 3.77 10 550 4993 -5.4 -25.4 19 20.0 -10.9 258 66 317.7 317.9 289.0 320.7 0.88 11 500 5735 -9.7 -28.4 20 18.7 -14.3 261 77 321.2 321.3 289.9 323.8 0.74 12 450 6539 -15.8 -30.3 27 14.6 -18.9 261 81 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.9 0.68 13 400 7415 -22.2 -33.0 37 10.7 -24.2 260 84 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.60 14 350 8382 -29.5 -37.1 48 7.6 -30.6 260 89 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.45 15 300 9464 -36.9 -48.2 30 11.3 -37.8 261 95 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.16 16 250 10704 -45.2 -56.6 27 11.4 -45.7 276 106 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12164 -53.3 -67.0 17 13.7 -53.6 264 78 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13978 -58.2 -79.3 5 21.1 -58.4 294 60 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16461 -67.0 -83.4 8 16.3 -67.1 285 38 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.43 m Freezing level: 640.41 mb = 3791.68 m = 12439.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.44 mb = 3725.29 m = 12221.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.28 % Est. max temperature: 33.88 C = 92.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.47 mb = 2137.45 m = 7012.55 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2762.74 m = 9064.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 37.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 557.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.30 mb = 2491.77 m = 8174.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.30 mb = 3004.45 m = 9857.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.30 mb = 10048.21 m = 32966.16 ft B at Equ Level: 552.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.30 mb = 12645.18 m = 41486.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 378.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 140.94 m/s