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: 33.56,-95.71 Latitude: 33.56 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 38 SFC 986 161 23.7 19.0 75 4.8 20.4 174 20 298.1 300.6 294.1 339.1 14.12 2 950 486 22.9 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 179 39 300.5 302.9 294.2 339.5 13.33 3 900 957 21.7 14.2 62 7.5 16.7 199 44 303.9 306.0 293.8 337.8 11.39 4 850 1451 18.7 11.2 62 7.5 13.9 215 49 305.7 307.6 293.2 335.4 9.88 5 800 1968 14.6 8.7 68 5.9 10.9 228 52 306.7 308.4 292.6 333.5 8.84 6 750 2511 10.5 5.2 70 5.3 7.4 240 53 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.5 7.40 7 700 3081 5.6 1.9 77 3.7 3.6 247 52 308.7 309.9 291.2 328.0 6.29 8 650 3683 1.1 -2.3 78 3.4 -0.6 253 49 310.2 311.1 290.5 325.7 4.96 9 600 4322 -2.9 -8.3 66 5.4 -5.3 252 49 312.7 313.4 289.8 323.6 3.39 10 550 5006 -6.9 -17.5 43 10.6 -10.5 245 53 315.8 316.2 289.3 321.7 1.75 11 500 5744 -10.9 -31.0 17 20.1 -15.4 246 63 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.8 0.57 12 450 6545 -16.3 -36.9 15 20.6 -19.9 254 72 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.36 13 400 7418 -23.5 -41.1 18 17.5 -25.9 257 73 324.4 324.4 290.4 325.4 0.26 14 350 8379 -31.1 -43.9 27 12.8 -32.4 266 70 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.6 0.22 15 300 9453 -38.8 -47.2 41 8.4 -39.4 284 79 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.18 16 250 10680 -47.9 -53.1 55 5.2 -48.1 291 95 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 17 200 12116 -57.8 -62.3 57 4.5 -57.9 294 75 341.2 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 13914 -61.6 -77.5 10 15.9 -61.8 288 45 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 280 39 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.05 m Freezing level: 636.48 mb = 3855.61 m = 12649.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.40 mb = 3590.69 m = 11780.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.57 mb = 769.73 m = 2525.33 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.33 mb = 2070.68 m = 6793.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.56 C = 90.61 F Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.59 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1235.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.55 mb = 1405.24 m = 4610.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.55 mb = 2626.83 m = 8618.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.55 mb = 11516.12 m = 37782.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.55 mb = 14355.49 m = 47097.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 719.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 719.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 239.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 243.67 m/s