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: 33.40,-95.74 Latitude: 33.40 Longitude: -95.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 986 162 23.9 19.0 74 4.9 20.5 172 20 298.2 300.8 294.1 339.3 14.15 2 950 488 23.1 17.5 71 5.5 19.3 179 39 300.6 303.1 294.3 339.9 13.40 3 900 959 21.8 14.4 63 7.4 16.8 199 43 304.0 306.1 293.9 338.3 11.52 4 850 1454 18.8 11.2 61 7.6 14.0 215 48 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.6 9.87 5 800 1971 14.8 8.5 66 6.3 10.9 227 50 306.9 308.6 292.6 333.4 8.75 6 750 2514 10.6 5.3 70 5.3 7.5 239 52 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.8 7.44 7 700 3084 5.7 1.9 76 3.8 3.7 247 51 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.2 6.28 8 650 3686 1.1 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.7 252 50 310.2 311.2 290.4 325.5 4.89 9 600 4326 -2.8 -9.1 62 6.3 -5.4 252 50 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.1 3.20 10 550 5011 -6.5 -17.9 40 11.4 -10.3 246 54 316.4 316.7 289.4 322.1 1.70 11 500 5750 -10.4 -31.8 15 21.4 -15.2 248 63 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.2 0.53 12 450 6552 -15.9 -37.6 14 21.7 -19.7 255 71 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.34 13 400 7427 -23.4 -41.7 17 18.3 -25.8 259 72 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.5 0.25 14 350 8387 -31.3 -44.4 26 13.1 -32.6 268 71 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.21 15 300 9461 -39.0 -47.5 40 8.6 -39.6 286 83 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.17 16 250 10688 -48.0 -52.8 57 4.8 -48.2 293 101 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12123 -57.7 -62.3 55 4.6 -57.8 297 79 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13921 -61.9 -77.2 11 15.3 -62.0 288 48 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16397 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.1 -63.9 280 40 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.35 m Freezing level: 635.72 mb = 3868.96 m = 12693.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.88 mb = 3588.40 m = 11772.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.68 mb = 789.79 m = 2591.13 ft T: 22.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.96 mb = 2088.12 m = 6850.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.80 C = 91.05 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.25 C Cross Totals Index: 21.60 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1267.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.36 mb = 1409.67 m = 4624.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.36 mb = 2632.18 m = 8635.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.36 mb = 11828.73 m = 38807.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1257.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.36 mb = 14825.01 m = 48637.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 50.6 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 38.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 697.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 697.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 232.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.95 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 248.40 m/s