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: 34.85,-96.19 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 247 25.4 18.5 66 6.9 20.6 180 21 300.7 303.2 294.7 341.5 13.89 2 950 477 23.2 16.9 68 6.3 18.9 185 38 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.6 12.89 3 900 946 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.5 191 45 301.1 303.3 293.6 337.0 12.21 4 850 1436 16.3 12.0 76 4.3 13.5 208 45 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.40 5 800 1950 13.0 8.9 76 4.0 10.5 223 47 305.0 306.7 292.3 332.0 9.01 6 750 2489 8.7 5.9 82 2.8 7.1 227 48 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.6 7.80 7 700 3057 5.1 1.0 75 4.1 2.9 227 50 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.2 5.88 8 650 3658 1.3 -4.0 67 5.4 -1.2 224 52 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.2 4.37 9 600 4297 -3.3 -9.9 60 6.6 -6.0 224 55 312.4 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.01 10 550 4979 -8.4 -15.9 55 7.5 -10.9 226 56 314.2 314.5 289.0 320.8 2.02 11 500 5711 -13.9 -23.6 44 9.7 -16.4 232 60 316.1 316.3 288.7 320.0 1.14 12 450 6502 -19.5 -30.7 36 11.2 -21.7 239 70 318.7 318.8 289.0 321.0 0.66 13 400 7366 -25.5 -38.1 30 12.6 -27.2 238 82 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.2 0.36 14 350 8319 -33.3 -44.2 33 10.9 -34.3 243 85 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.22 15 300 9381 -41.9 -47.8 53 5.9 -42.3 240 87 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.17 16 250 10593 -49.4 -55.9 47 6.5 -49.6 249 78 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 17 200 12041 -52.6 -70.3 10 17.6 -52.9 256 65 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13872 -59.1 -78.5 6 19.3 -59.3 271 39 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16379 -62.9 -84.0 4 21.0 -63.1 287 37 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.97 m Freezing level: 635.42 mb = 3844.41 m = 12612.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.76 mb = 3475.80 m = 11403.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.10 mb = 1118.25 m = 3668.76 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1753.37 m = 5752.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.19 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -6.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.06 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.88 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1704.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.81 mb = 1357.53 m = 4453.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.81 mb = 2238.67 m = 7344.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.81 mb = 11055.31 m = 36270.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1699.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.81 mb = 14624.99 m = 47981.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 125.46 m/s