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,-95.92 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -95.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 298.6 301.1 294.3 339.8 14.18 2 950 487 23.5 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 177 39 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.6 13.47 3 900 959 22.2 14.4 61 7.8 17.0 199 43 304.4 306.5 294.0 338.8 11.55 4 850 1454 19.2 10.8 58 8.4 13.8 214 47 306.2 308.0 293.1 335.2 9.60 5 800 1972 15.0 8.3 64 6.7 10.9 226 50 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.62 6 750 2515 10.4 5.9 74 4.4 7.8 237 51 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.6 7.81 7 700 3085 5.5 2.9 83 2.6 4.0 245 52 308.5 309.8 291.5 329.2 6.73 8 650 3686 0.7 -1.3 86 2.0 -0.3 252 52 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.3 5.35 9 600 4325 -2.8 -8.4 66 5.5 -5.2 254 53 312.8 313.5 289.9 323.7 3.39 10 550 5011 -6.1 -16.6 43 10.6 -9.7 251 56 316.9 317.2 289.7 323.2 1.89 11 500 5751 -10.4 -31.1 16 20.7 -15.0 253 65 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.5 0.57 12 450 6554 -15.8 -38.0 13 22.2 -19.6 260 73 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.6 0.32 13 400 7428 -23.3 -41.5 17 18.1 -25.8 262 73 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.25 14 350 8389 -30.9 -44.9 24 14.0 -32.3 272 71 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 15 300 9465 -38.7 -47.8 38 9.1 -39.3 289 86 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.17 16 250 10693 -47.9 -52.7 57 4.9 -48.1 295 102 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12128 -57.6 -62.5 53 5.0 -57.6 300 80 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 18 150 13926 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 290 50 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16400 -64.4 -83.8 5 19.5 -64.5 280 42 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.60 m Freezing level: 640.32 mb = 3809.86 m = 12499.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.83 mb = 3638.48 m = 11937.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.53 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.09 mb = 823.56 m = 2701.94 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 18.09 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2108.55 m = 6917.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.87 C = 91.16 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 37.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1321.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.15 mb = 1462.53 m = 4798.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.15 mb = 2579.34 m = 8462.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.15 mb = 11688.35 m = 38347.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.15 mb = 14607.41 m = 47923.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 706.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 706.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.19 Bulk Rich Number: 4.74 Bulk Shear: 278.66 m/s