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: 32.22,-94.06 Latitude: 32.22 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 87 24.4 21.6 84 2.8 22.4 195 13 298.0 301.0 295.7 345.9 16.51 2 950 489 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.9 200 35 300.2 303.0 295.8 346.4 15.77 3 900 960 22.5 16.2 68 6.3 18.2 225 46 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.5 13.01 4 850 1457 20.1 12.0 60 8.1 14.8 239 45 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.7 10.43 5 800 1977 16.0 9.4 65 6.5 11.9 245 44 308.2 309.9 293.4 336.5 9.32 6 750 2522 11.7 7.0 73 4.7 8.9 260 46 309.3 310.8 293.0 335.0 8.42 7 700 3095 6.6 4.1 84 2.5 5.2 265 47 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.4 7.37 8 650 3698 1.3 -1.0 84 2.4 0.1 268 46 310.5 311.5 291.0 327.5 5.46 9 600 4341 0.4 -17.4 25 17.8 -6.0 264 52 316.6 316.9 289.3 322.0 1.62 10 550 5034 -3.4 -26.4 15 23.0 -9.9 268 59 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.9 0.80 11 500 5780 -8.4 -27.7 20 19.3 -13.4 267 64 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.79 12 450 6588 -13.5 -29.6 24 16.1 -17.3 263 68 326.3 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.73 13 400 7474 -19.7 -34.5 26 14.8 -22.4 265 69 329.4 329.6 292.1 331.4 0.51 14 350 8450 -27.3 -42.2 23 14.9 -29.2 270 73 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 15 300 9539 -36.1 -48.8 26 12.7 -37.1 269 74 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.15 16 250 10778 -45.8 -54.8 35 9.0 -46.2 277 79 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 17 200 12231 -55.3 -62.9 38 7.6 -55.5 269 60 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14023 -62.8 -76.6 14 13.8 -62.9 283 64 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16471 -67.9 -83.2 10 15.3 -68.0 312 24 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.62 m Freezing level: 594.89 mb = 4411.74 m = 14474.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.88 mb = 3711.99 m = 12178.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.68 C = 92.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.98 mb = 443.00 m = 1453.40 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1864.49 m = 6117.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1432.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.66 mb = 1021.86 m = 3352.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.66 mb = 2536.77 m = 8322.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.66 mb = 12273.31 m = 40266.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1425.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.66 mb = 15438.52 m = 50650.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 48.7 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 625.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 625.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.06 Bulk Rich Number: 6.60 Bulk Shear: 216.92 m/s