MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 31 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-95.16 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 974 298 24.2 19.2 74 4.9 20.7 168 7 299.6 302.2 294.8 342.1 14.55 2 950 514 22.1 18.0 77 4.1 19.2 182 15 299.6 302.1 294.3 339.8 13.75 3 900 982 18.8 16.3 85 2.5 17.1 205 23 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.3 13.08 4 850 1472 16.1 13.9 87 2.2 14.7 223 30 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.2 11.85 5 800 1986 13.8 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 236 30 305.9 307.7 293.0 334.7 9.56 6 750 2528 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.1 245 28 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.96 7 700 3101 6.8 3.4 79 3.3 4.9 255 28 310.0 311.3 292.2 331.6 7.02 8 650 3705 2.2 -3.8 65 6.0 -0.7 267 30 311.4 312.3 290.4 325.4 4.45 9 600 4346 -2.5 -13.9 41 11.4 -6.8 277 29 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.3 2.18 10 550 5030 -7.1 -20.1 34 13.1 -11.1 281 28 315.7 316.0 288.9 320.4 1.41 11 500 5766 -11.2 -27.4 25 16.2 -15.2 283 31 319.4 319.5 289.4 322.2 0.81 12 450 6567 -16.2 -31.4 26 15.1 -19.4 287 30 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.62 13 400 7441 -23.5 -34.6 35 11.1 -25.4 283 33 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.51 14 350 8400 -31.7 -41.5 37 9.8 -32.7 271 38 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.29 15 300 9471 -38.9 -50.9 27 12.0 -39.6 274 36 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.12 16 250 10702 -47.4 -55.2 40 7.8 -47.7 269 35 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.09 17 200 12139 -58.2 -63.4 51 5.2 -58.3 264 48 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13927 -62.8 -76.9 13 14.1 -62.9 266 55 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16413 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.1 -66.5 274 29 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.83 m Freezing level: 626.74 mb = 4002.97 m = 13132.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.14 mb = 3628.28 m = 11903.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.18 mb = 922.52 m = 3026.59 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 21.73 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1583.59 m = 5195.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.32 C Cross Totals Index: 25.15 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1341.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.61 mb = 1187.94 m = 3897.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.61 mb = 2825.50 m = 9269.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.61 mb = 12023.56 m = 39446.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.61 mb = 15112.98 m = 49582.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 283.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.03 Bulk Shear: 95.63 m/s