MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.25,-95.95 Latitude: 33.25 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 39 SFC 985 171 24.1 19.0 73 5.1 20.6 170 20 298.6 301.1 294.3 339.9 14.21 2 950 488 23.6 17.6 69 5.9 19.5 178 39 301.1 303.6 294.5 340.7 13.48 3 900 960 22.2 14.5 62 7.6 17.1 200 42 304.4 306.5 294.1 339.1 11.65 4 850 1455 19.2 10.8 58 8.4 13.8 214 46 306.3 308.0 293.1 335.2 9.59 5 800 1973 15.0 8.3 64 6.8 10.9 226 49 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.60 6 750 2516 10.3 6.1 75 4.2 7.8 237 51 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.9 7.90 7 700 3086 5.5 2.9 84 2.5 4.1 246 52 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.3 6.77 8 650 3687 0.6 -1.2 88 1.8 -0.3 252 52 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.3 5.39 9 600 4326 -2.8 -8.8 63 6.0 -5.3 254 53 312.9 313.5 289.8 323.4 3.28 10 550 5013 -5.7 -17.2 40 11.5 -9.6 251 57 317.3 317.6 289.8 323.3 1.80 11 500 5753 -10.1 -31.2 16 21.0 -14.9 254 65 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.7 0.57 12 450 6556 -15.7 -37.7 13 22.0 -19.6 261 73 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.33 13 400 7431 -23.3 -41.2 18 17.9 -25.7 263 72 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.26 14 350 8392 -30.9 -44.6 25 13.7 -32.3 273 71 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.21 15 300 9467 -38.7 -47.6 39 8.9 -39.4 289 86 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.17 16 250 10695 -47.9 -52.5 59 4.6 -48.1 296 103 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12130 -57.6 -62.3 55 4.6 -57.8 301 82 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13928 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 290 51 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16401 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.7 280 43 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.86 m Freezing level: 641.46 mb = 3796.22 m = 12454.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.78 mb = 3640.14 m = 11942.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.39 mb = 821.69 m = 2695.81 ft T: 22.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.99 mb = 2100.27 m = 6890.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.17 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1344.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.53 mb = 1459.78 m = 4789.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.53 mb = 2576.23 m = 8452.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.53 mb = 11985.75 m = 39322.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.53 mb = 14591.75 m = 47872.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 692.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 692.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 231.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.85 Bulk Shear: 277.39 m/s