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: 33.5,-95.63 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 153 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.4 174 20 298.1 300.6 294.0 338.9 14.09 2 950 488 22.9 17.4 71 5.5 19.2 180 40 300.4 302.9 294.2 339.5 13.31 3 900 959 21.6 14.3 63 7.3 16.7 198 44 303.7 305.9 293.8 337.9 11.46 4 850 1453 18.7 11.3 62 7.4 14.0 215 49 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.6 9.94 5 800 1970 14.7 8.6 67 6.1 10.9 228 53 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.4 8.78 6 750 2513 10.8 4.6 65 6.2 7.2 241 54 308.3 309.6 291.7 330.0 7.09 7 700 3083 6.0 1.0 71 4.9 3.3 248 51 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.3 5.90 8 650 3686 1.3 -3.4 71 4.7 -0.9 254 48 310.5 311.3 290.2 324.8 4.59 9 600 4325 -2.9 -10.0 58 7.1 -5.8 251 47 312.8 313.3 289.5 322.3 2.98 10 550 5010 -6.7 -19.5 36 12.7 -10.8 242 52 316.1 316.4 289.0 321.1 1.49 11 500 5748 -10.4 -32.6 14 22.2 -15.3 242 62 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.1 0.49 12 450 6550 -16.0 -37.2 14 21.2 -19.7 251 71 323.2 323.2 290.1 324.5 0.35 13 400 7425 -23.4 -42.5 16 19.1 -25.8 256 72 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.23 14 350 8384 -31.6 -44.0 28 12.4 -32.9 264 71 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 15 300 9457 -39.2 -47.1 43 7.9 -39.8 284 80 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.18 16 250 10682 -48.1 -52.6 60 4.5 -48.3 292 99 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 17 200 12117 -58.1 -61.7 63 3.6 -58.2 294 81 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 13915 -61.6 -77.5 10 15.9 -61.8 287 46 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16395 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 280 40 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.91 m Freezing level: 634.34 mb = 3885.95 m = 12749.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.88 mb = 3550.78 m = 11649.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.28 mb = 773.89 m = 2538.99 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.38 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.06 mb = 2085.78 m = 6843.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.82 C = 91.08 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1237.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.61 mb = 1385.82 m = 4546.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 731.61 mb = 2718.06 m = 8917.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.61 mb = 11753.99 m = 38562.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1230.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.61 mb = 14714.55 m = 48275.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 50.4 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 37.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 718.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 718.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.31 Bulk Shear: 233.30 m/s