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: 34.88,-95.95 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 977 238 24.4 18.9 71 5.5 20.6 182 19 299.5 302.1 294.6 340.9 14.18 2 950 483 22.3 17.2 73 5.1 18.9 187 37 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.3 13.14 3 900 951 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.5 193 45 300.4 302.6 293.5 336.9 12.45 4 850 1440 16.0 12.0 77 4.1 13.4 210 45 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.8 10.39 5 800 1954 13.0 8.7 75 4.4 10.4 223 47 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.6 8.84 6 750 2493 8.9 5.0 77 3.9 6.6 226 48 306.2 307.6 291.3 328.4 7.32 7 700 3061 5.3 -1.5 61 6.9 1.9 224 50 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.5 4.88 8 650 3663 1.9 -7.1 51 9.0 -2.1 219 53 311.1 311.8 289.4 322.1 3.45 9 600 4303 -3.0 -11.2 53 8.3 -6.2 217 55 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.4 2.70 10 550 4985 -8.4 -15.7 55 7.3 -10.9 221 56 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.9 2.05 11 500 5717 -13.7 -21.6 52 7.9 -15.9 228 60 316.3 316.6 289.0 320.9 1.36 12 450 6509 -19.5 -28.0 47 8.6 -21.3 235 68 318.8 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.84 13 400 7373 -25.4 -36.5 35 11.1 -27.0 235 81 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.42 14 350 8326 -33.3 -43.4 36 10.1 -34.2 241 84 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.24 15 300 9388 -42.3 -46.5 64 4.2 -42.6 239 87 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.20 16 250 10595 -50.5 -54.9 60 4.4 -50.7 247 84 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 17 200 12039 -52.7 -69.1 12 16.3 -53.1 254 68 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13873 -58.5 -78.9 6 20.3 -58.7 264 35 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16379 -63.4 -83.9 5 20.5 -63.6 284 36 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.21 m Freezing level: 630.51 mb = 3912.33 m = 12835.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.22 mb = 3341.60 m = 10963.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.46 mb = 937.17 m = 3074.68 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.04 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1665.00 m = 5462.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.72 C = 83.70 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.65 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1700.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.68 mb = 1214.83 m = 3985.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.68 mb = 2298.34 m = 7540.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.68 mb = 11200.24 m = 36745.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1689.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.68 mb = 14402.65 m = 47252.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 396.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.15 Bulk Rich Number: 15.95 Bulk Shear: 106.60 m/s