MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.78,-95.56 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 980 252 20.7 18.4 86 2.3 19.1 167 14 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.0 13.71 2 950 516 18.7 17.3 92 1.4 17.8 170 32 296.2 298.6 292.9 334.3 13.22 3 900 979 15.9 15.9 100 -0.0 15.9 178 42 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.7 12.70 4 850 1465 14.4 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 204 51 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.5 12.01 5 800 1976 12.1 9.6 84 2.5 10.5 210 50 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.1 9.40 6 750 2516 10.1 3.7 65 6.4 6.5 217 47 307.5 308.8 291.2 328.0 6.69 7 700 3087 6.5 1.6 71 4.9 3.8 215 47 309.7 310.8 291.3 328.6 6.13 8 650 3691 2.9 -1.2 74 4.1 0.8 214 52 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.3 5.41 9 600 4334 -2.4 -6.0 77 3.5 -4.1 214 53 313.3 314.1 290.6 326.3 4.08 10 550 5019 -7.1 -14.2 57 7.1 -9.7 224 50 315.7 316.1 289.8 323.3 2.32 11 500 5755 -11.3 -20.3 47 9.0 -14.0 230 58 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 12 450 6555 -16.9 -25.2 48 8.3 -19.0 237 64 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.8 1.10 13 400 7428 -23.1 -30.3 52 7.2 -24.5 235 67 324.9 325.1 291.0 327.7 0.77 14 350 8390 -31.3 -38.0 52 6.7 -32.1 231 64 326.6 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.41 15 300 9459 -40.8 -42.3 86 1.5 -40.9 234 66 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.0 0.31 16 250 10671 -51.2 -51.2 100 0.0 -51.2 249 71 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.14 17 200 12100 -57.2 -63.7 43 6.5 -57.3 235 62 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 13888 -62.2 -77.5 11 15.3 -62.3 277 45 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16387 -62.1 -84.2 4 22.1 -62.3 261 24 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.71 m Freezing level: 622.65 mb = 4043.07 m = 13264.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.41 mb = 3798.18 m = 12461.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.67 mb = 545.75 m = 1790.51 ft T: 18.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 886.15 m = 2907.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.53 mb = 822.71 m = 2699.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.53 mb = 3796.71 m = 12456.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.53 mb = 11444.96 m = 37548.63 ft B at Equ Level: 743.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.53 mb = 13427.53 m = 44053.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 537.8 neg: -6.2 tot: 531.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.52 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 151.50 m/s