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: 33.64,-95.87 Latitude: 33.64 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 36 SFC 984 175 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.4 173 19 298.3 300.9 294.1 339.4 14.13 2 950 483 23.1 17.5 71 5.6 19.2 178 38 300.6 303.0 294.3 339.8 13.36 3 900 955 22.0 14.0 60 8.1 16.7 201 44 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.20 4 850 1449 18.8 11.0 60 7.8 13.8 215 49 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.1 9.72 5 800 1967 14.6 8.7 68 5.9 11.0 227 51 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.5 8.86 6 750 2509 10.1 5.8 74 4.3 7.5 238 52 307.5 309.0 292.0 331.0 7.71 7 700 3078 5.1 2.7 85 2.3 3.8 247 51 308.1 309.3 291.3 328.5 6.66 8 650 3679 0.5 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.4 252 51 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.1 5.33 9 600 4317 -3.2 -6.3 80 3.0 -4.6 251 51 312.4 313.1 290.3 325.1 3.99 10 550 5001 -7.4 -15.8 51 8.4 -10.3 248 55 315.3 315.7 289.3 322.0 2.03 11 500 5737 -11.8 -30.5 20 18.7 -15.9 251 64 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.8 0.61 12 450 6536 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.0 -20.4 258 76 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.3 0.30 13 400 7408 -23.8 -41.4 18 17.7 -26.1 258 76 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 14 350 8369 -30.4 -45.9 21 15.5 -31.9 271 70 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.18 15 300 9447 -38.2 -48.8 32 10.6 -39.0 287 82 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 16 250 10676 -47.5 -54.3 46 6.8 -47.8 291 92 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12116 -57.1 -63.7 43 6.5 -57.3 295 69 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 13914 -61.7 -77.5 11 15.7 -61.9 290 45 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16393 -63.2 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.4 279 39 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.41 m Freezing level: 643.21 mb = 3765.24 m = 12352.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.32 mb = 3612.46 m = 11851.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.34 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.79 mb = 793.74 m = 2604.10 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 18.96 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.26 mb = 2080.12 m = 6824.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.35 C = 90.23 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.56 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 39.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1255.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.83 mb = 1461.16 m = 4793.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.83 mb = 2576.87 m = 8454.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.83 mb = 11389.76 m = 37367.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1250.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.83 mb = 14611.38 m = 47937.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 38.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 714.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 714.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 238.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.09 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 259.81 m/s