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: 34.99,-96.81 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 SFC 972 298 23.8 18.4 71 5.5 20.1 183 24 299.4 302.0 294.3 339.7 13.81 2 950 493 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.7 186 37 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.5 13.33 3 900 959 17.3 15.9 91 1.4 16.4 194 44 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.6 12.74 4 850 1445 14.0 13.6 97 0.4 13.8 207 46 300.8 303.0 293.0 335.0 11.61 5 800 1956 11.1 10.6 97 0.5 10.8 217 46 303.0 304.8 292.5 333.0 10.10 6 750 2494 9.6 1.7 58 7.9 5.4 221 42 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.7 5.78 7 700 3064 7.4 -5.4 40 12.8 1.4 219 49 310.7 311.4 289.5 322.3 3.66 8 650 3669 2.7 -7.3 48 10.0 -1.7 217 53 312.1 312.7 289.6 322.9 3.41 9 600 4310 -2.6 -11.6 50 9.0 -6.2 221 56 313.1 313.6 289.2 321.5 2.61 10 550 4994 -7.8 -15.8 52 8.0 -10.5 226 57 314.9 315.3 289.2 321.6 2.03 11 500 5728 -12.9 -20.0 55 7.0 -15.0 230 62 317.3 317.6 289.5 322.6 1.57 12 450 6522 -18.9 -23.5 67 4.6 -20.0 234 70 319.5 319.8 289.9 323.9 1.28 13 400 7388 -24.7 -29.1 67 4.4 -25.6 235 81 322.9 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.86 14 350 8345 -32.3 -39.2 50 6.9 -33.1 231 81 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 15 300 9411 -41.7 -43.2 85 1.5 -41.8 236 84 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.28 16 250 10618 -51.8 -52.3 94 0.5 -51.8 243 86 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.12 17 200 12046 -54.9 -67.1 21 12.2 -55.2 246 75 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13869 -59.5 -78.4 7 18.9 -59.7 272 41 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16382 -61.2 -84.2 3 23.0 -61.4 276 31 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.71 m Freezing level: 624.47 mb = 3996.68 m = 13112.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.98 mb = 3325.15 m = 10909.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.84 mb = 988.67 m = 3243.62 ft T: 17.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.17 mb = 1187.20 m = 3894.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.53 C K Index: 27.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 481.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1462.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.44 mb = 1087.97 m = 3569.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.44 mb = 1331.53 m = 4368.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 751.44 mb = 2477.48 m = 8128.12 ft B at Equ Level: 26.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.44 mb = 14232.98 m = 46695.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 347.2 neg: -9.2 tot: 338.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.87 Bulk Rich Number: 14.48 Bulk Shear: 101.03 m/s