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: 34.88,-95.95 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 980 237 21.2 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 175 16 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.2 13.94 2 950 508 19.1 17.8 92 1.3 18.2 176 34 296.6 299.0 293.3 335.8 13.60 3 900 971 16.4 16.4 100 -0.0 16.4 183 45 298.4 300.7 293.4 336.5 13.11 4 850 1458 14.3 14.1 99 0.1 14.2 200 51 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.4 11.99 5 800 1968 12.1 9.3 83 2.8 10.3 210 47 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.5 9.20 6 750 2508 9.9 6.2 77 3.8 7.7 217 44 307.4 308.9 292.1 331.5 7.93 7 700 3079 6.6 3.2 79 3.4 4.7 216 47 309.8 311.1 292.0 331.1 6.91 8 650 3684 2.9 -1.5 73 4.4 0.7 217 51 312.2 313.2 291.4 328.8 5.28 9 600 4327 -2.1 -8.2 63 6.0 -4.7 218 55 313.7 314.3 290.2 324.7 3.45 10 550 5011 -7.7 -13.5 63 5.9 -9.8 222 52 315.0 315.5 289.7 323.0 2.45 11 500 5746 -12.0 -19.6 53 7.6 -14.3 231 61 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.9 1.62 12 450 6544 -17.8 -23.6 61 5.8 -19.3 234 66 320.8 321.1 290.3 325.2 1.26 13 400 7414 -23.8 -29.1 62 5.3 -24.8 236 74 324.1 324.2 290.9 327.1 0.86 14 350 8374 -31.6 -39.0 48 7.4 -32.5 230 69 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.37 15 300 9442 -41.1 -41.5 95 0.4 -41.1 234 74 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.33 16 250 10653 -51.5 -51.5 100 0.0 -51.5 246 78 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 17 200 12083 -55.8 -65.1 30 9.4 -55.9 239 68 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 13882 -61.4 -77.9 10 16.4 -61.6 276 43 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16384 -61.8 -84.1 4 22.3 -62.0 264 27 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.05 m Freezing level: 621.18 mb = 4054.69 m = 13302.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.84 mb = 3760.63 m = 12337.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.95 mb = 562.43 m = 1845.21 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.59 mb = 889.75 m = 2919.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.76 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1123.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.99 mb = 810.84 m = 2660.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 681.99 mb = 3291.84 m = 10799.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.99 mb = 11414.20 m = 37447.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1109.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.99 mb = 14220.41 m = 46654.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 49.7 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 37.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.19 Bulk Rich Number: 8.55 Bulk Shear: 131.37 m/s