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: 33.44,-95.71 Latitude: 33.44 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 39 SFC 986 160 23.9 19.0 74 4.9 20.5 172 20 298.2 300.8 294.1 339.2 14.12 2 950 487 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 179 40 300.6 303.0 294.3 339.8 13.37 3 900 959 21.8 14.3 63 7.4 16.8 198 44 303.9 306.1 293.9 338.1 11.47 4 850 1453 18.8 11.2 61 7.6 13.9 215 49 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.5 9.87 5 800 1971 14.8 8.5 66 6.2 10.9 227 51 306.9 308.5 292.6 333.4 8.76 6 750 2513 10.6 5.0 68 5.6 7.4 239 53 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.5 7.33 7 700 3084 5.8 1.7 75 4.1 3.5 247 52 308.9 310.1 291.1 327.9 6.18 8 650 3686 1.2 -2.7 75 3.9 -0.7 253 49 310.3 311.2 290.4 325.4 4.82 9 600 4325 -2.9 -9.2 62 6.3 -5.5 252 49 312.8 313.4 289.7 323.0 3.18 10 550 5010 -6.6 -18.1 40 11.4 -10.4 245 53 316.2 316.5 289.3 321.8 1.67 11 500 5749 -10.5 -32.0 15 21.5 -15.2 246 63 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.52 12 450 6551 -15.9 -37.6 14 21.6 -19.7 254 71 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.34 13 400 7426 -23.4 -42.0 16 18.6 -25.8 258 73 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.24 14 350 8386 -31.4 -44.4 27 13.0 -32.6 267 71 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.21 15 300 9459 -39.0 -47.4 40 8.4 -39.6 286 82 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.18 16 250 10686 -48.0 -52.8 58 4.8 -48.2 293 100 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.11 17 200 12121 -57.8 -62.2 57 4.4 -57.9 296 79 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 13919 -61.8 -77.3 11 15.5 -61.9 288 47 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16396 -63.7 -83.9 5 20.2 -63.8 280 40 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.68 m Freezing level: 635.35 mb = 3873.11 m = 12706.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.67 mb = 3578.06 m = 11738.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.80 mb = 788.03 m = 2585.36 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 17.98 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.48 mb = 2092.61 m = 6865.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.55 mb = 1407.05 m = 4616.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.55 mb = 2741.87 m = 8995.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.55 mb = 11520.96 m = 37797.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.55 mb = 14814.23 m = 48602.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.5 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 266.5 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): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 708.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 708.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 236.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.10 Bulk Shear: 246.09 m/s