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: 35.22,-95.89 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -95.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 977 232 23.9 18.8 73 5.1 20.4 176 20 299.1 301.6 294.4 340.2 14.11 2 950 475 21.7 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 182 38 299.2 301.7 293.8 337.9 13.25 3 900 942 18.0 15.6 86 2.3 16.4 189 46 300.0 302.3 293.4 336.6 12.50 4 850 1431 15.9 11.9 77 4.0 13.4 207 47 302.8 304.7 292.7 333.6 10.36 5 800 1944 12.9 8.7 75 4.3 10.3 219 48 304.9 306.6 292.1 331.4 8.83 6 750 2483 8.8 4.7 75 4.2 6.5 223 48 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.8 7.14 7 700 3051 5.2 -1.9 60 7.1 1.6 222 50 308.2 309.1 289.6 322.9 4.74 8 650 3653 1.8 -7.3 51 9.1 -2.2 217 54 311.0 311.7 289.3 321.8 3.41 9 600 4293 -3.0 -11.3 53 8.3 -6.3 215 56 312.6 313.1 289.1 321.3 2.68 10 550 4975 -8.3 -15.9 54 7.6 -10.9 218 57 314.2 314.6 289.0 320.8 2.01 11 500 5707 -13.7 -21.9 50 8.2 -16.0 226 60 316.3 316.6 289.0 320.8 1.32 12 450 6498 -19.8 -28.0 48 8.2 -21.5 233 67 318.4 318.6 289.2 321.4 0.85 13 400 7361 -26.0 -34.5 45 8.5 -27.3 234 79 321.3 321.4 289.7 323.1 0.51 14 350 8313 -33.7 -41.4 46 7.7 -34.5 237 82 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.29 15 300 9373 -42.3 -46.5 63 4.2 -42.6 235 85 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.19 16 250 10584 -49.6 -56.0 47 6.5 -49.8 244 76 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.08 17 200 12030 -52.9 -68.9 13 16.0 -53.2 254 63 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13865 -58.7 -78.8 6 20.1 -58.9 259 34 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16370 -63.1 -83.9 4 20.8 -63.3 276 35 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.47 m Freezing level: 631.36 mb = 3891.17 m = 12766.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.97 mb = 3298.61 m = 10822.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.11 mb = 883.65 m = 2899.07 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 19.43 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1609.70 m = 5281.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -5.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.27 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.63 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 486.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1654.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.89 mb = 1144.99 m = 3756.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.89 mb = 2221.34 m = 7287.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.89 mb = 11015.34 m = 36139.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1650.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.89 mb = 14121.61 m = 46330.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 426.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 426.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.30 Bulk Rich Number: 14.05 Bulk Shear: 117.76 m/s