MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.71,-95.71 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 988 161 24.8 19.2 71 5.6 20.9 191 18 299.0 301.6 294.5 340.7 14.30 2 950 505 22.7 17.4 72 5.3 19.1 193 33 300.2 302.7 294.1 339.1 13.26 3 900 974 18.8 15.7 82 3.1 16.7 198 38 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.8 12.55 4 850 1463 15.3 13.5 89 1.9 14.1 205 41 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.2 11.50 5 800 1975 12.1 10.8 92 1.3 11.3 211 41 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.6 10.23 6 750 2514 9.4 6.4 81 3.0 7.6 218 40 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.2 8.04 7 700 3085 7.1 0.4 62 6.7 3.5 225 43 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.8 5.62 8 650 3690 3.3 -6.0 51 9.3 -1.0 225 49 312.7 313.4 290.2 324.7 3.76 9 600 4333 -1.9 -9.9 54 8.0 -5.3 228 51 313.9 314.5 289.9 323.6 3.00 10 550 5019 -6.6 -14.6 53 8.0 -9.5 236 54 316.3 316.7 289.9 323.6 2.24 11 500 5757 -11.1 -19.9 48 8.8 -13.8 241 59 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.8 1.57 12 450 6558 -16.1 -27.3 38 11.2 -18.7 248 68 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.91 13 400 7433 -23.0 -34.7 34 11.7 -24.9 247 67 325.1 325.2 290.9 326.9 0.50 14 350 8394 -31.6 -36.5 62 5.0 -32.2 248 69 326.2 326.3 291.1 328.0 0.48 15 300 9462 -41.2 -41.8 93 0.7 -41.2 254 71 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.6 0.32 16 250 10673 -50.3 -50.8 94 0.6 -50.3 269 82 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 17 200 12109 -55.6 -62.4 43 6.8 -55.8 257 52 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.04 18 150 13909 -62.1 -78.1 10 16.0 -62.2 287 59 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16393 -62.5 -84.1 4 21.6 -62.7 283 36 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.64 m Freezing level: 618.33 mb = 4097.60 m = 13443.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.32 mb = 3549.33 m = 11644.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.93 mb = 878.81 m = 2883.18 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.07 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.00 mb = 1422.72 m = 4667.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.25 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.57 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1358.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.72 mb = 1198.11 m = 3930.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.72 mb = 1748.86 m = 5737.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.72 mb = 11445.64 m = 37550.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1357.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.72 mb = 14705.30 m = 48245.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 46.0 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 34.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 280.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.08 Bulk Shear: 90.05 m/s