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: 32.29,-94.06 Latitude: 32.29 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 37 SFC 994 87 24.4 21.6 84 2.8 22.4 195 13 298.0 301.0 295.7 346.0 16.50 2 950 487 22.8 20.0 85 2.7 20.8 200 36 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.3 15.71 3 900 959 22.5 16.2 67 6.3 18.2 224 47 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.5 12.98 4 850 1456 20.1 12.0 59 8.1 14.8 239 45 307.2 309.1 294.0 338.6 10.39 5 800 1975 15.9 9.4 65 6.5 11.8 246 45 308.1 309.9 293.4 336.4 9.29 6 750 2520 11.6 6.8 72 4.8 8.8 260 47 309.2 310.8 293.0 334.6 8.32 7 700 3093 6.5 3.7 82 2.8 4.9 265 47 309.7 311.1 292.2 331.7 7.15 8 650 3696 1.2 -1.6 82 2.8 -0.2 267 46 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.6 5.24 9 600 4338 0.0 -16.4 28 16.4 -6.0 263 54 316.1 316.5 289.3 322.0 1.76 10 550 5030 -3.5 -26.4 15 22.9 -9.9 268 60 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.8 0.81 11 500 5776 -8.4 -27.8 19 19.4 -13.4 267 66 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.78 12 450 6585 -13.4 -29.9 24 16.5 -17.3 263 70 326.4 326.5 291.4 329.0 0.71 13 400 7471 -19.5 -35.2 24 15.7 -22.4 266 70 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.4 0.48 14 350 8447 -27.2 -42.7 21 15.5 -29.1 269 74 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 15 300 9537 -36.0 -49.1 25 13.1 -37.0 269 75 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.15 16 250 10777 -45.6 -55.1 33 9.5 -46.0 277 79 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.09 17 200 12230 -55.4 -63.0 38 7.6 -55.5 268 60 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14022 -63.0 -76.4 15 13.4 -63.1 282 65 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16470 -67.8 -83.2 9 15.4 -67.9 311 24 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.90 m Freezing level: 599.84 mb = 4340.27 m = 14239.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3669.97 m = 12040.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.48 mb = 445.91 m = 1462.96 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 24.32 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1867.12 m = 6125.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.30 C = 93.74 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1416.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.81 mb = 1038.36 m = 3406.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.81 mb = 2443.92 m = 8018.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.81 mb = 12330.47 m = 40453.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1406.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.81 mb = 15531.53 m = 50955.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 49.4 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 635.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 635.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 211.7 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: 5.10 Bulk Rich Number: 6.37 Bulk Shear: 222.33 m/s