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: 33.30,-95.71 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 987 158 23.9 19.1 75 4.7 20.6 173 19 298.1 300.7 294.2 339.5 14.25 2 950 492 23.1 17.6 71 5.5 19.3 180 38 300.6 303.1 294.3 340.1 13.46 3 900 963 21.6 14.7 65 6.9 17.0 200 42 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.76 4 850 1457 18.6 11.5 63 7.1 14.1 215 46 305.6 307.5 293.3 336.0 10.10 5 800 1974 14.7 8.7 67 6.0 11.0 227 48 306.8 308.5 292.7 333.6 8.84 6 750 2517 10.5 5.5 71 5.0 7.6 239 50 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.0 7.56 7 700 3087 5.9 1.7 75 4.1 3.6 247 50 309.0 310.1 291.2 328.1 6.21 8 650 3689 1.2 -2.9 74 4.1 -0.8 250 49 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.2 4.75 9 600 4329 -2.6 -10.1 56 7.5 -5.7 249 49 313.1 313.7 289.5 322.6 2.95 10 550 5015 -6.0 -19.2 34 13.3 -10.2 246 54 317.0 317.3 289.4 322.1 1.52 11 500 5756 -10.0 -32.3 14 22.3 -14.9 248 63 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.7 0.51 12 450 6559 -15.8 -36.8 15 21.0 -19.6 256 70 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.36 13 400 7433 -23.4 -40.6 19 17.2 -25.7 260 71 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.28 14 350 8393 -31.5 -43.6 29 12.1 -32.7 267 70 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.23 15 300 9466 -39.1 -47.3 42 8.2 -39.7 287 81 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.18 16 250 10692 -48.0 -52.6 59 4.5 -48.2 295 101 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.12 17 200 12126 -57.7 -62.3 56 4.6 -57.8 298 80 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13924 -62.2 -76.8 13 14.6 -62.4 287 50 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16399 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.1 -63.9 282 41 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.01 m Freezing level: 634.16 mb = 3892.12 m = 12769.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.11 mb = 3576.40 m = 11733.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.63 % Est. max temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.95 mb = 762.60 m = 2501.93 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.46 mb = 2043.48 m = 6704.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.68 C = 90.82 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 36.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1296.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.82 mb = 1368.05 m = 4488.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.82 mb = 2697.35 m = 8849.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.82 mb = 11697.04 m = 38375.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1293.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.82 mb = 14621.09 m = 47968.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.8 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 266.8 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 638.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 638.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 212.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.60 Bulk Rich Number: 5.67 Bulk Shear: 228.66 m/s