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,-95.87 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 984 176 23.9 18.9 73 5.1 20.4 171 20 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.4 14.08 2 950 483 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.3 177 39 300.7 303.1 294.3 339.9 13.37 3 900 954 22.2 13.9 59 8.3 16.7 199 45 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.7 11.16 4 850 1449 19.0 10.7 59 8.3 13.7 214 50 306.1 307.9 293.0 334.9 9.57 5 800 1967 14.8 8.5 66 6.4 10.9 226 52 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.4 8.73 6 750 2509 10.3 5.6 72 4.7 7.5 237 53 307.7 309.2 292.0 330.9 7.61 7 700 3079 5.2 2.7 84 2.4 3.8 246 52 308.2 309.5 291.3 328.7 6.68 8 650 3680 0.7 -1.3 86 2.0 -0.3 253 51 309.7 310.8 290.7 326.3 5.34 9 600 4319 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.7 254 52 312.5 313.2 290.2 324.9 3.93 10 550 5003 -7.4 -15.3 53 7.9 -10.2 250 55 315.3 315.8 289.5 322.3 2.12 11 500 5740 -11.5 -30.5 19 19.1 -15.7 250 65 319.0 319.1 289.1 321.2 0.60 12 450 6539 -16.4 -39.1 12 22.7 -20.1 258 75 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.7 0.29 13 400 7413 -23.6 -42.2 16 18.7 -25.9 259 76 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.23 14 350 8374 -30.6 -46.3 20 15.7 -32.0 271 71 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.17 15 300 9451 -38.3 -48.6 33 10.3 -39.1 287 84 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 16 250 10680 -47.6 -53.9 48 6.3 -47.9 292 97 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.10 17 200 12119 -57.2 -63.4 45 6.2 -57.3 297 72 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 18 150 13917 -61.7 -77.5 10 15.8 -61.8 291 45 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16394 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.3 -63.7 279 40 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.82 m Freezing level: 641.03 mb = 3794.53 m = 12449.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.99 mb = 3630.23 m = 11910.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.54 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.79 mb = 821.58 m = 2695.44 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 18.72 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.35 mb = 2122.03 m = 6961.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.52 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1242.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.64 mb = 1482.89 m = 4865.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.64 mb = 2601.70 m = 8535.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.64 mb = 11456.26 m = 37585.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1237.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.64 mb = 14714.30 m = 48274.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 52.1 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 39.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 751.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 751.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 250.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.27 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 279.10 m/s