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: 33.48,-95.98 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -95.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 983 186 24.2 18.8 72 5.4 20.4 168 22 298.9 301.4 294.2 339.6 14.00 2 950 480 23.3 17.6 70 5.8 19.4 173 41 300.9 303.3 294.4 340.3 13.42 3 900 952 22.7 13.7 57 9.1 16.7 198 45 304.9 307.0 293.7 337.8 10.98 4 850 1448 19.5 10.2 55 9.4 13.6 211 51 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.4 9.20 5 800 1966 15.3 8.1 62 7.1 10.9 224 52 307.4 309.0 292.6 333.3 8.52 6 750 2509 10.4 5.8 73 4.6 7.6 235 54 307.8 309.3 292.1 331.3 7.71 7 700 3079 5.1 3.4 89 1.6 4.2 243 54 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.6 7.02 8 650 3680 0.7 -0.5 92 1.2 0.0 253 54 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.3 5.66 9 600 4319 -3.2 -5.7 83 2.5 -4.3 259 54 312.5 313.3 290.5 325.7 4.18 10 550 5003 -7.4 -13.4 62 6.0 -9.6 256 56 315.3 315.7 289.8 323.3 2.46 11 500 5740 -11.4 -30.0 20 18.5 -15.7 254 68 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.63 12 450 6541 -16.0 -40.5 10 24.5 -20.0 261 77 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.25 13 400 7415 -23.3 -43.3 14 19.9 -25.8 262 77 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.21 14 350 8377 -30.3 -47.9 16 17.6 -31.9 274 72 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.14 15 300 9455 -38.1 -49.1 31 11.0 -38.9 289 90 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 16 250 10686 -47.6 -53.9 49 6.3 -47.9 293 103 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.10 17 200 12124 -57.0 -63.9 41 6.9 -57.2 299 73 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.04 18 150 13922 -61.6 -77.5 10 15.9 -61.7 294 45 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16396 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.7 -64.3 278 41 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.40 m Freezing level: 641.39 mb = 3789.84 m = 12433.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.77 mb = 3682.48 m = 12081.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.38 mb = 880.76 m = 2889.58 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.92 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.39 mb = 2185.47 m = 7170.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.89 C = 91.20 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 39.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 470.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1231.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.28 mb = 1556.10 m = 5105.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.28 mb = 2683.77 m = 8804.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.28 mb = 11385.42 m = 37353.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1229.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.28 mb = 14597.65 m = 47891.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 817.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 817.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 272.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.61 Bulk Rich Number: 3.73 Bulk Shear: 330.12 m/s