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: 32.69,-93.43 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 73 23.1 21.4 90 1.7 21.9 189 13 296.6 299.6 295.2 343.7 16.31 2 950 483 22.0 19.7 87 2.2 20.4 197 36 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.5 15.41 3 900 955 22.3 15.8 67 6.5 17.9 224 46 304.5 306.8 294.8 342.2 12.65 4 850 1450 19.4 12.2 63 7.3 14.7 236 46 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.2 10.53 5 800 1969 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.8 244 47 307.5 309.2 293.4 336.2 9.48 6 750 2513 11.4 7.5 77 3.9 9.0 255 48 308.9 310.6 293.2 335.5 8.71 7 700 3086 6.5 4.8 89 1.7 5.5 259 49 309.7 311.1 292.6 333.4 7.74 8 650 3689 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.0 259 48 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.8 6.16 9 600 4331 -0.6 -13.9 36 13.3 -5.7 256 52 315.4 315.9 289.6 322.6 2.18 10 550 5022 -4.0 -23.2 21 19.2 -9.8 263 59 319.3 319.5 289.7 323.0 1.07 11 500 5766 -9.1 -26.1 24 17.0 -13.6 263 66 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.91 12 450 6572 -14.3 -28.6 29 14.3 -17.7 259 70 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.80 13 400 7455 -20.1 -33.6 29 13.4 -22.7 260 73 328.8 329.0 292.0 330.9 0.56 14 350 8430 -27.5 -40.7 27 13.2 -29.2 267 78 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.31 15 300 9520 -35.8 -47.7 29 11.9 -36.8 268 79 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 16 250 10760 -45.7 -54.6 36 8.9 -46.1 277 84 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.5 0.09 17 200 12212 -55.6 -62.6 42 6.9 -55.8 264 64 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14007 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.6 -62.0 286 66 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16464 -68.0 -83.1 10 15.1 -68.1 303 31 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.38 m Freezing level: 614.15 mb = 4149.17 m = 13612.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3783.48 m = 12412.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.48 % Est. max temperature: 33.03 C = 91.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.35 mb = 288.72 m = 947.22 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 21.88 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.31 mb = 1796.26 m = 5893.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.33 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 39.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1238.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.33 mb = 961.17 m = 3153.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.33 mb = 2576.18 m = 8451.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.33 mb = 12072.66 m = 39607.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1230.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.33 mb = 15144.62 m = 49686.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 49.8 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 638.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 638.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.70 Bulk Shear: 217.24 m/s