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,-96.03 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 982 191 24.5 18.5 69 6.0 20.4 170 21 299.2 301.8 294.2 339.5 13.80 2 950 479 23.6 17.3 68 6.3 19.3 175 39 301.1 303.6 294.3 340.0 13.21 3 900 952 22.9 13.2 54 9.7 16.5 199 44 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.67 4 850 1448 19.6 9.7 53 9.8 13.4 212 50 306.7 308.3 292.7 333.7 8.95 5 800 1966 15.3 7.8 61 7.5 10.7 225 51 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.7 8.31 6 750 2509 10.3 5.5 72 4.9 7.5 235 52 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.8 7.55 7 700 3078 4.9 3.3 89 1.6 4.0 244 53 308.0 309.3 291.5 329.2 6.95 8 650 3679 0.6 -0.5 93 1.0 0.0 253 53 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.2 5.70 9 600 4318 -3.3 -5.3 86 2.0 -4.2 258 53 312.3 313.1 290.5 325.9 4.30 10 550 5002 -7.7 -13.1 65 5.4 -9.7 256 56 314.9 315.4 289.7 323.2 2.53 11 500 5738 -11.7 -30.0 20 18.3 -15.8 254 68 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.63 12 450 6538 -16.1 -41.0 10 24.9 -20.0 262 78 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.9 0.24 13 400 7412 -23.4 -43.5 14 20.1 -25.9 262 79 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.20 14 350 8374 -30.2 -48.6 15 18.4 -31.9 275 73 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 15 300 9453 -38.0 -49.4 29 11.4 -38.8 289 92 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 16 250 10684 -47.6 -54.1 47 6.5 -47.9 293 104 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 17 200 12122 -56.9 -64.3 39 7.4 -57.1 299 73 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13922 -61.4 -77.6 10 16.2 -61.5 295 44 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16396 -64.2 -83.9 5 19.6 -64.4 278 41 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.00 m Freezing level: 642.81 mb = 3770.90 m = 12371.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.77 mb = 3681.82 m = 12079.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.85 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.40 mb = 957.69 m = 3142.00 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.98 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.29 mb = 2229.74 m = 7315.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.29 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.44 C K Index: 39.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1170.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.57 mb = 1634.98 m = 5364.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.57 mb = 2657.90 m = 8720.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.57 mb = 11318.47 m = 37133.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1166.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.57 mb = 14494.55 m = 47553.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 760.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 760.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 253.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.97 Bulk Rich Number: 3.77 Bulk Shear: 310.79 m/s