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: 34.85,-96.13 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -96.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 979 243 21.6 18.8 84 2.8 19.6 176 18 296.5 299.0 293.6 337.0 14.05 2 950 506 19.4 17.9 91 1.5 18.4 178 34 296.8 299.3 293.4 336.4 13.69 3 900 970 16.4 16.4 100 0.0 16.4 185 44 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.6 13.13 4 850 1456 14.1 14.0 99 0.1 14.0 201 49 300.9 303.1 293.3 335.9 11.90 5 800 1966 11.8 9.6 86 2.2 10.4 211 45 303.7 305.5 292.2 331.8 9.40 6 750 2506 10.2 4.9 70 5.3 7.1 217 42 307.6 309.0 291.6 329.8 7.26 7 700 3077 6.7 2.2 73 4.5 4.2 217 46 309.9 311.1 291.6 329.7 6.42 8 650 3682 2.9 -2.3 69 5.2 0.3 218 51 312.2 313.1 291.1 327.8 4.96 9 600 4325 -2.1 -8.8 60 6.7 -5.0 219 54 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.2 3.27 10 550 5009 -7.7 -13.8 62 6.0 -9.9 223 53 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.8 2.40 11 500 5744 -12.2 -19.5 54 7.3 -14.4 231 62 318.2 318.5 289.9 323.7 1.64 12 450 6541 -18.1 -23.2 64 5.1 -19.4 233 67 320.5 320.7 290.3 325.0 1.31 13 400 7410 -24.0 -28.8 65 4.8 -25.0 237 75 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.9 0.88 14 350 8369 -31.7 -39.0 49 7.3 -32.6 231 72 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.37 15 300 9437 -41.2 -41.7 94 0.6 -41.2 234 76 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.33 16 250 10647 -51.6 -51.6 100 0.0 -51.6 246 81 329.3 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 17 200 12077 -55.4 -65.6 27 10.2 -55.6 242 69 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13881 -61.1 -78.0 9 16.9 -61.3 276 42 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16385 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.5 -61.9 267 28 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.71 m Freezing level: 621.37 mb = 4050.33 m = 13288.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.56 mb = 3712.49 m = 12179.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.83 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.58 mb = 600.46 m = 1970.00 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 895.55 m = 2938.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.23 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 26.16 C K Index: 35.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1218.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.97 mb = 828.20 m = 2717.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.97 mb = 1065.09 m = 3494.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 789.97 mb = 2071.94 m = 6797.63 ft B at Equ Level: 13.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 719.97 mb = 2844.55 m = 9332.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 37.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 426.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 426.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.94 Bulk Shear: 122.62 m/s