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: 32.49,-94.14 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -94.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 993 90 24.5 21.5 83 3.0 22.3 198 13 298.2 301.1 295.7 345.9 16.43 2 950 482 23.3 19.8 81 3.5 20.8 202 37 300.8 303.7 295.8 346.2 15.45 3 900 955 22.7 16.0 66 6.6 18.1 224 47 304.9 307.2 295.1 343.2 12.84 4 850 1452 20.1 11.6 58 8.5 14.6 241 46 307.2 309.1 293.8 337.9 10.16 5 800 1971 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.4 249 46 308.0 309.7 293.0 335.0 8.90 6 750 2515 11.4 5.7 68 5.7 8.0 260 49 308.9 310.4 292.3 332.4 7.66 7 700 3087 6.3 1.7 73 4.6 3.8 264 48 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.6 6.20 8 650 3690 0.9 -3.4 73 4.3 -1.2 264 47 310.0 310.8 290.0 324.3 4.59 9 600 4330 -1.0 -14.5 35 13.6 -6.1 262 57 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.06 10 550 5021 -3.7 -26.3 15 22.6 -10.1 270 64 319.7 319.8 289.5 322.5 0.81 11 500 5766 -8.4 -28.2 18 19.8 -13.5 267 70 322.8 323.0 290.4 325.5 0.75 12 450 6576 -13.2 -30.7 21 17.5 -17.2 262 73 326.6 326.8 291.5 329.0 0.66 13 400 7462 -19.2 -37.6 18 18.4 -22.4 268 73 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.38 14 350 8440 -26.9 -44.3 18 17.4 -28.9 267 78 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.21 15 300 9531 -35.9 -50.0 22 14.1 -37.0 268 78 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 16 250 10772 -44.9 -56.3 27 11.4 -45.4 277 80 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 17 200 12228 -55.4 -63.3 37 7.9 -55.6 264 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.04 18 150 14017 -63.6 -76.0 17 12.4 -63.7 280 69 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16465 -67.4 -83.3 9 15.9 -67.5 306 25 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.08 m Freezing level: 626.26 mb = 3993.55 m = 13102.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.70 mb = 3544.54 m = 11628.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.55 C = 92.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.45 mb = 468.97 m = 1538.61 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 24.39 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.59 mb = 1879.47 m = 6166.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.94 C Showalter Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1357.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.08 mb = 1110.05 m = 3641.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.08 mb = 2413.96 m = 7919.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.08 mb = 12256.47 m = 40211.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1351.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.08 mb = 15410.60 m = 50559.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.3 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 286.3 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 643.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 643.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 214.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.10 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 232.94 m/s