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: 34.65,-95.08 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 975 305 21.1 19.2 89 1.9 19.8 191 7 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.2 14.50 2 950 530 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 19.1 198 23 300.1 302.5 294.1 339.3 13.40 3 900 1000 20.3 14.6 70 5.6 16.5 212 31 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.1 11.72 4 850 1491 16.8 11.8 73 4.9 13.6 222 31 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.31 5 800 2005 12.9 9.3 79 3.6 10.7 229 29 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.6 9.25 6 750 2545 9.2 6.3 82 2.9 7.5 239 26 306.5 308.0 291.9 330.8 8.01 7 700 3115 6.6 -0.0 63 6.6 3.1 239 31 309.8 310.8 290.8 326.7 5.46 8 650 3719 3.3 -5.8 51 9.1 -0.9 231 41 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.9 3.83 9 600 4363 -1.1 -10.4 49 9.3 -5.0 240 42 314.8 315.4 290.0 324.2 2.89 10 550 5052 -5.2 -15.3 45 10.1 -8.9 248 42 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.9 2.11 11 500 5793 -10.6 -19.4 48 8.9 -13.3 251 47 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.7 1.64 12 450 6594 -16.7 -22.7 59 6.1 -18.3 250 51 322.3 322.5 290.9 327.0 1.37 13 400 7467 -23.3 -27.3 70 4.0 -24.2 249 58 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.3 1.02 14 350 8429 -30.9 -32.0 90 1.1 -31.1 255 59 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.8 0.75 15 300 9502 -39.6 -39.7 100 0.0 -39.6 263 59 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10723 -48.8 -50.7 80 1.9 -48.9 255 70 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.15 17 200 12158 -57.7 -60.6 69 3.0 -57.7 254 54 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13943 -63.6 -74.3 22 10.7 -63.7 263 71 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16417 -65.5 -83.6 6 18.1 -65.7 248 46 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.78 m Freezing level: 612.74 mb = 4199.24 m = 13776.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.35 mb = 3578.17 m = 11739.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.96 mb = 548.46 m = 1799.38 ft T: 22.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 15.10 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1828.95 m = 6000.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 32.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1007.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.96 mb = 1390.94 m = 4563.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.96 mb = 2379.52 m = 7806.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.96 mb = 11694.09 m = 38365.99 ft B at Equ Level: 995.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.96 mb = 14587.20 m = 47857.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 223.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 14.84 Bulk Shear: 67.91 m/s