MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.25,-94.37 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 977 244 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 104 3 294.0 296.4 292.4 332.6 13.53 2 950 488 21.7 17.1 75 4.6 18.6 176 10 299.2 301.6 293.6 337.3 13.05 3 900 957 20.7 12.8 61 7.9 15.5 208 26 302.8 304.7 292.7 333.5 10.35 4 850 1448 16.7 9.8 64 6.9 12.4 214 32 303.6 305.3 291.8 330.4 8.97 5 800 1962 14.0 -1.0 36 15.0 6.2 224 34 306.0 306.9 288.6 319.7 4.44 6 750 2502 10.2 -9.5 24 19.7 1.7 232 35 307.6 308.1 287.2 315.5 2.47 7 700 3071 5.7 -12.3 26 18.0 -1.4 245 36 308.8 309.2 287.3 315.6 2.12 8 650 3672 2.6 -18.1 20 20.7 -4.6 266 39 311.9 312.2 287.6 316.6 1.41 9 600 4315 -1.3 -20.7 21 19.4 -7.5 271 45 314.6 314.8 288.3 318.7 1.22 10 550 5001 -6.2 -21.8 28 15.6 -10.9 274 51 316.7 317.0 289.0 320.9 1.22 11 500 5740 -11.0 -25.1 30 14.1 -14.7 276 61 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.1 1.00 12 450 6541 -15.9 -32.6 22 16.7 -19.3 275 70 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.55 13 400 7417 -22.6 -38.4 22 15.8 -25.0 278 71 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.35 14 350 8382 -30.1 -43.8 25 13.7 -31.6 286 79 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.0 0.23 15 300 9458 -39.0 -49.2 33 10.3 -39.6 292 90 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.14 16 250 10679 -49.1 -56.0 44 7.0 -49.3 289 91 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.08 17 200 12121 -56.8 -65.5 32 8.7 -56.9 275 74 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13939 -57.2 -79.7 4 22.4 -57.5 285 60 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16434 -64.1 -83.6 5 19.5 -64.3 291 33 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.63 m Freezing level: 616.71 mb = 4100.14 m = 13451.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.27 mb = 2801.30 m = 9190.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.54 mb = 338.08 m = 1109.19 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.80 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2179.53 m = 7150.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.69 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 19.41 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.02 mb = 1418.07 m = 4652.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.02 mb = 3093.71 m = 10149.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.02 mb = 10996.70 m = 36077.97 ft B at Equ Level: 454.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.02 mb = 12857.02 m = 42181.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.9 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 285.9 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 462.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 462.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 198.82 m/s