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: 34.92,-96.26 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 978 252 21.8 18.8 83 2.9 19.7 177 20 296.8 299.3 293.7 337.5 14.11 2 950 503 19.4 17.9 91 1.5 18.4 179 35 296.9 299.4 293.4 336.5 13.71 3 900 967 16.3 16.3 100 0.0 16.3 187 44 298.3 300.7 293.4 336.3 13.06 4 850 1453 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 203 48 300.8 302.9 293.2 335.4 11.77 5 800 1963 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 212 44 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.3 9.64 6 750 2503 10.5 3.2 61 7.3 6.4 217 41 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.6 6.41 7 700 3074 6.9 0.7 64 6.2 3.5 218 45 310.1 311.2 291.1 327.9 5.74 8 650 3679 2.9 -3.4 63 6.3 -0.2 218 51 312.2 313.1 290.7 326.6 4.57 9 600 4322 -2.2 -9.4 58 7.1 -5.3 219 54 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.6 3.13 10 550 5005 -7.8 -14.0 61 6.2 -10.1 225 54 314.8 315.3 289.5 322.5 2.35 11 500 5740 -12.4 -19.3 57 6.8 -14.5 230 62 317.9 318.2 289.8 323.5 1.66 12 450 6536 -18.5 -22.7 69 4.3 -19.6 232 67 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.37 13 400 7404 -24.4 -28.2 70 3.8 -25.2 237 77 323.3 323.4 290.7 326.6 0.93 14 350 8362 -31.9 -38.6 52 6.7 -32.7 231 75 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.2 0.39 15 300 9430 -41.3 -42.1 92 0.8 -41.4 234 78 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.31 16 250 10638 -51.8 -51.8 100 0.0 -51.8 245 83 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.13 17 200 12068 -55.1 -66.2 24 11.1 -55.3 243 71 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 13878 -60.8 -78.0 9 17.2 -61.0 274 40 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16384 -61.6 -84.2 3 22.6 -61.8 269 28 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.64 m Freezing level: 621.90 mb = 4040.46 m = 13255.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.86 mb = 3643.51 m = 11953.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.72 mb = 623.68 m = 2046.16 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 892.69 m = 2928.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.40 C Cross Totals Index: 26.28 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1274.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.51 mb = 838.99 m = 2752.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.51 mb = 980.93 m = 3218.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 788.51 mb = 2084.14 m = 6837.66 ft B at Equ Level: 17.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 718.51 mb = 2858.24 m = 9377.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 49.1 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 36.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 396.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.94 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 116.04 m/s