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: 34.45,-96.42 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 976 244 27.7 17.6 54 10.1 20.7 181 22 303.0 305.4 294.7 341.8 13.10 2 950 479 24.6 16.3 60 8.2 18.9 185 36 302.1 304.4 294.0 338.7 12.38 3 900 950 20.1 14.9 72 5.2 16.6 192 42 302.2 304.4 293.7 337.4 11.92 4 850 1441 16.2 12.9 81 3.3 14.0 204 43 303.1 305.1 293.3 335.9 11.05 5 800 1954 12.7 9.8 82 3.0 10.9 221 45 304.7 306.5 292.6 333.3 9.55 6 750 2493 8.4 7.4 93 1.1 7.8 230 47 305.7 307.4 292.2 331.8 8.64 7 700 3061 5.3 4.1 92 1.2 4.6 234 49 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.0 7.38 8 650 3663 0.7 -0.8 90 1.5 -0.0 234 51 309.8 310.8 290.9 327.0 5.56 9 600 4301 -3.3 -13.1 47 9.8 -7.0 232 57 312.3 312.8 288.7 319.9 2.33 10 550 4984 -7.4 -20.1 35 12.8 -11.3 236 63 315.4 315.6 288.8 320.1 1.40 11 500 5719 -12.7 -26.7 30 14.0 -16.1 239 66 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.5 0.86 12 450 6514 -18.0 -34.1 23 16.2 -20.9 240 75 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.47 13 400 7383 -24.4 -41.2 20 16.8 -26.5 242 82 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.3 0.26 14 350 8340 -32.4 -44.7 28 12.3 -33.5 246 86 325.1 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.20 15 300 9405 -41.7 -47.3 55 5.6 -42.1 248 85 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.18 16 250 10618 -49.4 -54.8 53 5.4 -49.6 258 82 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.09 17 200 12062 -53.5 -69.1 13 15.6 -53.8 256 63 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.02 18 150 13884 -60.7 -77.9 9 17.2 -60.9 279 52 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16385 -62.3 -84.1 4 21.8 -62.5 288 40 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.93 m Freezing level: 640.99 mb = 3778.37 m = 12396.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.41 mb = 3658.22 m = 12001.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.23 mb = 1518.39 m = 4981.52 ft T: 15.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.28 mb = 1814.71 m = 5953.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 40.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 514.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1582.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.70 mb = 1574.19 m = 5164.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.70 mb = 2147.46 m = 7045.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.70 mb = 11110.03 m = 36449.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1581.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.70 mb = 14686.55 m = 48183.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 421.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 421.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.79 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 161.30 m/s