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: 33.38,-95.80 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 166 24.0 19.0 74 5.0 20.5 171 20 298.4 300.9 294.2 339.5 14.15 2 950 487 23.2 17.6 71 5.6 19.3 178 39 300.7 303.2 294.3 340.1 13.42 3 900 959 22.0 14.3 62 7.6 16.9 199 43 304.1 306.3 293.9 338.4 11.49 4 850 1454 19.0 11.0 60 7.9 13.9 214 48 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.4 9.77 5 800 1971 14.9 8.4 65 6.4 10.9 227 50 307.0 308.7 292.6 333.4 8.71 6 750 2514 10.5 5.5 71 5.0 7.6 238 52 308.0 309.4 292.0 331.0 7.56 7 700 3084 5.6 2.3 79 3.4 3.8 246 52 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.5 6.45 8 650 3686 1.0 -2.1 80 3.1 -0.5 252 51 310.1 311.0 290.5 325.9 5.06 9 600 4325 -2.8 -8.6 64 5.8 -5.3 253 51 312.8 313.5 289.8 323.5 3.33 10 550 5011 -6.5 -17.1 43 10.6 -10.1 248 55 316.4 316.8 289.5 322.5 1.82 11 500 5750 -10.5 -31.5 16 21.0 -15.2 249 64 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.2 0.55 12 450 6552 -15.9 -37.9 13 22.0 -19.7 257 72 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.32 13 400 7426 -23.4 -41.7 17 18.3 -25.8 260 73 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.6 0.25 14 350 8387 -31.1 -44.7 25 13.6 -32.4 269 71 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.20 15 300 9461 -38.8 -47.7 39 8.9 -39.5 287 84 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.17 16 250 10689 -47.9 -52.9 57 4.9 -48.1 294 101 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.11 17 200 12124 -57.6 -62.5 53 4.9 -57.7 298 79 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13922 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 289 48 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16398 -63.9 -83.9 5 19.9 -64.1 280 41 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.73 m Freezing level: 637.05 mb = 3851.37 m = 12635.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.93 mb = 3612.01 m = 11850.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.12 mb = 804.07 m = 2638.00 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 17.87 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.79 mb = 2100.43 m = 6891.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.83 C = 91.10 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 428.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1279.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.13 mb = 1431.85 m = 4697.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.13 mb = 2656.89 m = 8716.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.13 mb = 11595.62 m = 38042.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1277.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.13 mb = 14469.94 m = 47472.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 51.1 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 705.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 705.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 235.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 260.78 m/s