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,-96.04 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 984 179 24.6 18.7 70 5.9 20.5 171 20 299.1 301.7 294.3 339.7 13.92 2 950 485 23.9 17.3 67 6.6 19.4 178 38 301.5 303.9 294.4 340.4 13.22 3 900 958 22.6 14.0 58 8.6 16.8 201 42 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.2 11.20 4 850 1453 19.4 10.2 55 9.2 13.6 214 46 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.3 9.22 5 800 1972 15.2 7.9 62 7.3 10.7 227 49 307.3 308.9 292.4 332.7 8.37 6 750 2514 10.3 5.8 74 4.5 7.7 237 50 307.8 309.2 292.1 331.3 7.74 7 700 3084 5.2 3.0 85 2.3 4.0 245 51 308.3 309.6 291.5 329.1 6.79 8 650 3685 0.4 -0.9 91 1.3 -0.2 252 52 309.4 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.53 9 600 4324 -3.1 -7.6 71 4.5 -5.0 255 53 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.1 3.61 10 550 5009 -6.3 -15.8 47 9.6 -9.6 252 57 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.3 2.02 11 500 5749 -10.6 -30.7 17 20.1 -15.2 255 66 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.2 0.59 12 450 6551 -15.9 -38.4 12 22.6 -19.7 262 75 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.4 0.31 13 400 7425 -23.4 -41.6 17 18.3 -25.8 263 74 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.5 0.25 14 350 8386 -30.7 -45.4 22 14.8 -32.1 275 73 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 15 300 9463 -38.5 -47.9 36 9.5 -39.1 290 89 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.17 16 250 10692 -47.8 -52.8 56 5.0 -48.0 295 104 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12127 -57.4 -62.7 51 5.2 -57.5 301 81 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 13927 -61.5 -77.4 10 15.9 -61.7 292 49 364.0 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16401 -64.7 -83.8 6 19.1 -64.8 279 42 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.96 m Freezing level: 643.99 mb = 3761.74 m = 12341.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.87 mb = 3649.29 m = 11972.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.86 mb = 930.53 m = 3052.87 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 18.19 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2173.15 m = 7129.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.91 C = 91.25 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1265.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.07 mb = 1574.21 m = 5164.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.07 mb = 2590.97 m = 8500.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.07 mb = 11720.14 m = 38451.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1256.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.07 mb = 14657.64 m = 48088.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 51.6 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 38.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 677.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 677.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 225.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.77 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 276.15 m/s