MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.58,-94.61 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 973 325 21.3 19.0 86 2.4 19.7 217 6 296.8 299.4 293.9 338.1 14.31 2 950 534 22.6 17.3 72 5.3 18.9 217 21 300.1 302.5 294.0 338.7 13.16 3 900 1004 20.4 14.5 69 5.9 16.5 212 34 302.6 304.7 293.6 337.0 11.64 4 850 1496 16.7 12.4 76 4.3 13.9 212 35 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.4 10.69 5 800 2010 12.7 10.5 86 2.3 11.3 213 34 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.6 9.99 6 750 2549 9.3 8.1 93 1.2 8.6 216 34 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.09 7 700 3119 5.8 3.7 86 2.1 4.6 227 33 308.9 310.3 291.9 330.9 7.15 8 650 3723 3.2 -5.0 55 8.2 -0.7 234 39 312.6 313.3 290.4 325.4 4.05 9 600 4367 -1.0 -11.7 44 10.6 -5.3 240 42 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.4 2.61 10 550 5055 -5.1 -14.3 49 9.1 -8.5 249 42 318.0 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.31 11 500 5797 -10.2 -20.4 43 10.2 -13.3 253 46 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.51 12 450 6599 -16.3 -24.8 48 8.5 -18.4 253 49 322.8 323.0 290.8 326.7 1.14 13 400 7474 -22.8 -29.7 53 6.9 -24.2 251 56 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.3 0.81 14 350 8438 -30.4 -34.0 70 3.6 -30.9 254 53 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.1 0.61 15 300 9513 -39.1 -41.0 82 1.9 -39.2 262 54 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.35 16 250 10737 -48.3 -51.0 74 2.6 -48.4 256 70 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.14 17 200 12174 -57.5 -61.2 62 3.7 -57.5 252 54 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 13948 -64.2 -73.7 26 9.5 -64.3 264 71 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16419 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.7 251 44 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.81 m Freezing level: 612.41 mb = 4206.86 m = 13801.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.88 mb = 3637.19 m = 11932.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.93 mb = 626.78 m = 2056.33 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.27 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.72 mb = 1844.65 m = 6051.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 867.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.60 mb = 1449.37 m = 4755.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.60 mb = 2333.58 m = 7656.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.60 mb = 11285.44 m = 37025.26 ft B at Equ Level: 867.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.60 mb = 14386.16 m = 47198.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 17.98 Bulk Shear: 48.24 m/s