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: 32.24,-94.18 Latitude: 32.24 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 38 SFC 994 94 24.4 21.5 84 2.9 22.3 196 13 298.1 301.1 295.7 346.0 16.48 2 950 488 22.9 20.0 84 2.8 20.9 200 36 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.5 15.72 3 900 960 22.6 16.2 67 6.4 18.2 225 46 304.8 307.2 295.1 343.4 12.95 4 850 1457 20.0 11.9 59 8.1 14.7 240 45 307.1 309.1 293.9 338.4 10.35 5 800 1976 15.9 9.1 64 6.8 11.7 248 44 308.1 309.8 293.3 335.8 9.10 6 750 2521 11.6 6.5 71 5.1 8.5 261 47 309.2 310.7 292.8 334.0 8.11 7 700 3094 6.5 3.3 80 3.2 4.7 266 46 309.7 311.0 292.0 331.2 6.97 8 650 3697 1.3 -1.5 82 2.8 -0.2 267 46 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.27 9 600 4339 0.2 -17.5 25 17.7 -6.1 264 53 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.8 1.61 10 550 5032 -3.4 -26.5 15 23.1 -9.9 269 60 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.80 11 500 5778 -8.3 -27.8 19 19.5 -13.4 268 65 322.9 323.1 290.5 325.7 0.78 12 450 6587 -13.4 -30.0 23 16.6 -17.2 263 69 326.4 326.6 291.4 329.0 0.70 13 400 7473 -19.5 -35.4 23 15.9 -22.4 266 69 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.47 14 350 8449 -27.2 -42.7 22 15.5 -29.1 270 74 332.1 332.1 292.5 333.0 0.25 15 300 9539 -36.0 -49.3 24 13.3 -37.0 269 75 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10778 -45.6 -55.2 33 9.6 -46.0 277 79 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.09 17 200 12232 -55.2 -63.0 37 7.8 -55.4 267 59 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14023 -63.1 -76.3 15 13.2 -63.3 282 65 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16470 -67.7 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.8 310 24 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.71 m Freezing level: 596.64 mb = 4385.66 m = 14388.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.60 mb = 3676.55 m = 12062.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.56 C = 92.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.76 mb = 462.53 m = 1517.48 ft T: 22.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 24.65 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.06 mb = 1869.04 m = 6131.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1409.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 133.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.64 mb = 1060.47 m = 3479.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.64 mb = 2468.85 m = 8099.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.64 mb = 12401.43 m = 40686.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1394.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.64 mb = 15645.46 m = 51329.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 49.1 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 624.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 624.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 208.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6.36 Bulk Shear: 221.83 m/s