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: 33.57,-95.79 Latitude: 33.57 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 985 168 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.4 173 20 298.3 300.8 294.1 339.2 14.10 2 950 484 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 178 39 300.6 303.0 294.3 339.7 13.35 3 900 956 21.9 14.1 61 7.9 16.7 199 44 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.7 11.28 4 850 1450 18.8 11.0 60 7.8 13.8 215 50 305.9 307.7 293.1 335.2 9.74 5 800 1968 14.7 8.6 67 6.1 10.9 227 52 306.8 308.5 292.6 333.4 8.80 6 750 2510 10.4 5.4 71 5.0 7.5 239 53 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.7 7.52 7 700 3080 5.4 2.4 81 3.0 3.7 246 52 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.4 6.49 8 650 3681 0.9 -1.8 82 2.7 -0.4 253 50 310.0 310.9 290.6 326.0 5.17 9 600 4320 -3.1 -7.3 72 4.3 -4.9 253 50 312.6 313.3 290.0 324.3 3.67 10 550 5005 -7.2 -16.3 48 9.2 -10.3 248 54 315.6 316.0 289.3 322.0 1.94 11 500 5742 -11.2 -30.7 18 19.5 -15.6 248 64 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.59 12 450 6542 -16.3 -37.9 14 21.5 -20.0 256 74 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.9 0.33 13 400 7415 -23.6 -41.5 18 17.9 -25.9 258 75 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.25 14 350 8376 -30.8 -44.9 24 14.1 -32.2 269 70 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 15 300 9452 -38.5 -47.9 37 9.3 -39.2 286 82 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 16 250 10680 -47.8 -53.5 52 5.7 -48.0 291 96 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12117 -57.5 -62.8 51 5.3 -57.6 295 73 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 13915 -61.7 -77.5 10 15.8 -61.8 289 45 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -63.5 -83.9 5 20.4 -63.7 279 39 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.21 m Freezing level: 638.76 mb = 3824.80 m = 12548.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.40 mb = 3614.04 m = 11856.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.69 C = 89.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.94 mb = 793.12 m = 2602.06 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.09 mb = 2093.66 m = 6868.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.65 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1241.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.81 mb = 1442.05 m = 4731.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.81 mb = 2667.78 m = 8752.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.81 mb = 11627.39 m = 38147.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.81 mb = 14522.81 m = 47646.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 51.5 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 733.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 733.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 244.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.77 Bulk Shear: 260.06 m/s