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: 34.99,-95.95 Latitude: 34.99 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 34 SFC 977 240 24.3 18.9 72 5.4 20.5 181 19 299.5 302.0 294.5 340.8 14.17 2 950 481 22.2 17.3 73 5.0 18.8 186 38 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.3 13.17 3 900 949 18.3 15.6 84 2.7 16.5 192 45 300.3 302.6 293.6 336.9 12.47 4 850 1437 16.1 11.8 76 4.3 13.4 210 46 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.6 10.30 5 800 1951 13.0 8.6 75 4.4 10.3 223 48 305.0 306.7 292.2 331.5 8.82 6 750 2490 8.8 5.2 78 3.6 6.7 226 50 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.41 7 700 3058 5.3 -1.6 61 6.9 1.8 223 51 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.4 4.85 8 650 3660 1.9 -7.4 50 9.3 -2.3 218 54 311.1 311.7 289.3 321.8 3.36 9 600 4300 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.4 217 56 312.7 313.2 289.0 321.1 2.60 10 550 4982 -8.3 -16.2 53 7.9 -11.0 221 56 314.2 314.6 288.9 320.7 1.96 11 500 5714 -13.7 -22.4 48 8.7 -16.1 229 60 316.3 316.5 288.9 320.6 1.27 12 450 6505 -19.7 -28.7 45 9.0 -21.5 234 67 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.2 0.80 13 400 7368 -25.7 -36.2 37 10.4 -27.2 234 81 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.43 14 350 8321 -33.5 -43.6 35 10.1 -34.4 240 84 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.23 15 300 9382 -42.5 -47.1 61 4.6 -42.8 238 87 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 16 250 10589 -50.2 -56.3 49 6.1 -50.4 245 83 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 17 200 12035 -52.5 -70.0 10 17.5 -52.9 254 67 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 13870 -58.5 -78.9 6 20.4 -58.7 263 35 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16377 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.9 283 36 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.58 m Freezing level: 630.60 mb = 3908.31 m = 12822.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.81 mb = 3319.66 m = 10891.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.07 mb = 928.66 m = 3046.75 ft T: 18.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.25 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1672.39 m = 5486.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.43 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.57 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 489.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1725.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.10 mb = 1208.07 m = 3963.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.10 mb = 2291.15 m = 7516.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.10 mb = 11182.74 m = 36688.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1713.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.10 mb = 14381.01 m = 47181.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.3 neg: -4.5 tot: 415.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.46 Bulk Rich Number: 15.58 Bulk Shear: 110.78 m/s