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,-95.79 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 985 169 24.0 18.8 73 5.1 20.4 171 21 298.4 301.0 294.1 339.3 14.04 2 950 484 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.2 177 41 300.6 303.1 294.3 339.8 13.36 3 900 955 22.1 14.0 60 8.1 16.7 198 45 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.8 11.23 4 850 1450 19.1 10.8 59 8.3 13.8 213 50 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.60 5 800 1968 14.9 8.4 65 6.6 10.9 226 52 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.3 8.66 6 750 2511 10.6 5.1 69 5.5 7.4 238 54 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.6 7.37 7 700 3081 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 246 53 308.6 309.8 291.3 328.4 6.44 8 650 3683 1.0 -1.9 80 3.0 -0.4 254 51 310.1 311.1 290.6 326.0 5.10 9 600 4322 -3.0 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.1 255 50 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.0 3.57 10 550 5006 -7.1 -16.1 49 9.0 -10.2 249 54 315.6 316.0 289.4 322.2 1.97 11 500 5744 -10.9 -31.2 17 20.3 -15.4 248 65 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.7 0.56 12 450 6545 -16.0 -38.7 12 22.7 -19.8 256 74 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.30 13 400 7420 -23.4 -42.9 15 19.5 -25.8 259 75 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.22 14 350 8380 -31.0 -45.6 23 14.6 -32.4 269 71 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.7 0.19 15 300 9456 -38.7 -47.9 37 9.3 -39.3 286 85 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.17 16 250 10684 -47.9 -53.2 54 5.3 -48.1 292 101 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 17 200 12120 -57.6 -62.6 52 5.0 -57.7 296 77 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13918 -61.6 -77.5 10 15.9 -61.7 290 45 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16395 -63.8 -83.9 5 20.1 -64.0 279 40 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.46 m Freezing level: 637.37 mb = 3844.23 m = 12612.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.40 mb = 3615.51 m = 11861.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.94 C = 89.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.62 mb = 824.31 m = 2704.40 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.79 mb = 2140.08 m = 7021.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.92 C = 91.26 F Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.62 mb = 1464.11 m = 4803.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.62 mb = 2693.29 m = 8836.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.62 mb = 11695.92 m = 38371.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1225.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.62 mb = 14624.68 m = 47980.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.2 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 267.2 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 764.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 764.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 254.8 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: 5.31 Bulk Rich Number: 4.48 Bulk Shear: 275.97 m/s