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: 34.72,-96.03 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 978 235 25.0 18.9 69 6.1 20.7 182 19 300.1 302.6 294.7 341.5 14.15 2 950 485 22.7 17.2 71 5.5 18.9 188 37 300.2 302.6 294.0 338.5 13.08 3 900 953 18.5 15.5 83 3.0 16.5 193 44 300.6 302.9 293.6 337.0 12.39 4 850 1442 16.1 12.0 77 4.1 13.5 210 43 303.0 304.9 292.8 334.0 10.43 5 800 1956 13.1 8.6 74 4.5 10.3 225 44 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.5 8.78 6 750 2496 9.0 4.7 75 4.3 6.6 228 46 306.3 307.7 291.2 328.1 7.17 7 700 3064 5.4 -1.2 63 6.6 2.0 226 48 308.4 309.4 289.9 323.9 5.01 8 650 3666 1.8 -6.4 54 8.2 -1.9 221 52 311.0 311.7 289.5 322.5 3.64 9 600 4306 -3.0 -10.9 54 7.9 -6.2 219 55 312.6 313.2 289.2 321.6 2.77 10 550 4988 -8.4 -15.5 56 7.1 -10.9 222 56 314.1 314.5 289.0 320.9 2.08 11 500 5720 -13.7 -21.2 54 7.4 -15.8 229 60 316.3 316.6 289.0 321.1 1.41 12 450 6511 -19.3 -27.8 47 8.6 -21.1 236 70 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.0 0.86 13 400 7377 -25.1 -37.6 30 12.5 -26.8 237 82 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.38 14 350 8332 -33.0 -43.4 34 10.5 -34.0 243 85 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.2 0.23 15 300 9394 -42.1 -46.1 65 4.0 -42.4 242 88 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.20 16 250 10602 -50.8 -53.5 73 2.7 -50.9 250 87 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12043 -52.8 -69.5 11 16.8 -53.1 256 71 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13877 -58.5 -78.8 6 20.3 -58.7 267 35 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16382 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.3 287 38 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.73 m Freezing level: 631.20 mb = 3906.41 m = 12816.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.38 mb = 3366.69 m = 11045.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.06 mb = 1010.02 m = 3313.68 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.20 C/km ThetaE index: 20.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1691.48 m = 5549.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1715.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.32 mb = 1260.01 m = 4133.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.32 mb = 2239.83 m = 7348.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.32 mb = 11330.79 m = 37174.04 ft B at Equ Level: 1696.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.32 mb = 14605.29 m = 47917.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 50.1 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 37.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 373.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.90 Bulk Rich Number: 16.40 Bulk Shear: 104.60 m/s