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: 32.36,-94.06 Latitude: 32.36 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 35 SFC 994 87 24.4 21.5 84 2.9 22.3 195 13 298.0 301.0 295.7 346.0 16.50 2 950 485 22.9 20.0 84 2.9 20.8 200 36 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.3 15.64 3 900 957 22.6 16.2 67 6.4 18.2 224 47 304.8 307.2 295.1 343.4 12.95 4 850 1454 20.1 11.9 59 8.2 14.8 239 45 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.5 10.35 5 800 1974 15.9 9.3 65 6.6 11.8 246 45 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.25 6 750 2519 11.6 6.7 72 4.9 8.6 259 48 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.2 8.21 7 700 3091 6.4 3.3 80 3.2 4.6 264 48 309.6 310.9 292.0 331.0 6.93 8 650 3694 1.0 -2.2 79 3.2 -0.6 266 47 310.1 311.1 290.5 325.8 5.02 9 600 4335 -0.4 -15.5 31 15.2 -6.0 263 55 315.7 316.1 289.3 322.0 1.90 10 550 5027 -3.6 -26.3 15 22.7 -10.0 269 61 319.8 320.0 289.6 322.7 0.81 11 500 5773 -8.4 -27.9 19 19.5 -13.5 267 67 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.6 0.77 12 450 6582 -13.3 -30.2 23 16.9 -17.2 263 71 326.5 326.6 291.5 329.0 0.69 13 400 7468 -19.4 -35.9 22 16.5 -22.4 267 71 329.8 329.8 292.1 331.4 0.44 14 350 8445 -27.0 -43.2 20 16.2 -29.0 268 75 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 15 300 9535 -35.9 -49.4 24 13.5 -37.0 268 76 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.14 16 250 10775 -45.4 -55.4 32 10.0 -45.8 277 79 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12229 -55.4 -63.1 38 7.7 -55.6 267 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14020 -63.3 -76.3 16 13.0 -63.4 282 67 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16468 -67.6 -83.2 9 15.6 -67.7 310 24 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.17 m Freezing level: 613.09 mb = 4167.25 m = 13671.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.43 mb = 3626.22 m = 11896.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.53 % Est. max temperature: 33.65 C = 92.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.98 mb = 448.83 m = 1472.53 ft T: 23.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 24.26 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1869.75 m = 6134.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.84 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 37.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1400.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.96 mb = 1054.93 m = 3461.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.96 mb = 2462.96 m = 8080.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.96 mb = 12388.25 m = 40643.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1387.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.96 mb = 15626.28 m = 51266.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.7 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 285.7 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 644.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 644.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.9 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: 5.14 Bulk Rich Number: 6.15 Bulk Shear: 227.84 m/s