MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-94.61 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 992 112 24.8 21.5 82 3.3 22.5 194 13 298.6 301.6 295.8 346.6 16.50 2 950 494 22.9 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 198 34 300.4 303.3 296.0 347.3 16.00 3 900 966 22.8 16.2 67 6.6 18.3 225 43 305.0 307.4 295.3 343.9 13.01 4 850 1463 20.2 12.2 60 8.0 15.0 240 42 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.2 10.58 5 800 1983 16.0 9.4 65 6.6 11.9 250 43 308.2 310.0 293.4 336.5 9.32 6 750 2528 11.8 7.2 73 4.6 9.0 263 45 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.4 8.50 7 700 3102 6.7 4.4 85 2.3 5.4 270 45 309.9 311.3 292.5 333.0 7.51 8 650 3705 1.6 -0.8 84 2.4 0.4 272 44 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.1 5.57 9 600 4350 1.3 -21.2 17 22.5 -6.1 270 51 317.6 317.9 289.3 321.7 1.17 10 550 5044 -2.8 -25.8 15 23.1 -9.4 272 57 320.8 321.0 289.9 323.8 0.85 11 500 5792 -7.7 -26.7 20 19.0 -12.8 271 62 323.7 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.86 12 450 6603 -12.9 -29.4 24 16.5 -16.9 266 65 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.7 0.74 13 400 7490 -19.3 -35.0 24 15.6 -22.2 267 64 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.7 0.49 14 350 8467 -27.3 -41.6 24 14.4 -29.1 272 67 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.28 15 300 9556 -36.2 -48.6 26 12.5 -37.1 271 70 334.4 334.4 293.0 335.0 0.15 16 250 10793 -46.0 -54.4 38 8.4 -46.4 276 74 337.6 337.6 293.8 338.0 0.09 17 200 12246 -55.1 -63.1 36 8.0 -55.2 269 56 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14036 -63.7 -76.1 17 12.4 -63.8 281 64 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16479 -67.4 -83.2 9 15.8 -67.5 303 21 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.48 m Freezing level: 583.83 mb = 4574.22 m = 15007.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3740.60 m = 12272.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.60 C = 92.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.62 mb = 525.53 m = 1724.16 ft T: 22.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 25.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.06 mb = 1876.16 m = 6155.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.21 C = 93.57 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1451.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.17 mb = 1081.49 m = 3548.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.17 mb = 2492.83 m = 8178.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.17 mb = 12462.51 m = 40887.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1435.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.17 mb = 15733.22 m = 51617.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 598.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 598.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.96 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 225.02 m/s