MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-94.92 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 994 118 22.4 17.1 72 5.3 18.9 188 10 296.1 298.3 292.2 331.9 12.44 2 950 512 19.0 16.0 83 3.0 17.0 196 22 296.4 298.6 292.1 331.3 12.10 3 900 975 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.7 211 26 297.6 299.6 291.9 330.8 11.43 4 850 1459 13.1 10.1 82 3.0 11.3 231 28 299.9 301.6 290.8 326.9 9.19 5 800 1967 11.2 3.5 59 7.7 6.9 241 34 303.1 304.2 289.2 321.6 6.15 6 750 2503 8.8 -8.3 29 17.1 1.4 239 37 306.1 306.6 287.0 314.7 2.73 7 700 3071 6.2 -24.5 9 30.7 -3.2 232 41 309.4 309.5 286.0 311.9 0.75 8 650 3673 2.0 -24.7 12 26.7 -5.8 227 47 311.2 311.4 286.7 313.9 0.79 9 600 4312 -2.8 -29.7 10 26.9 -9.5 223 51 312.9 313.0 287.0 314.8 0.54 10 550 4995 -7.6 -34.4 10 26.8 -13.2 229 57 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.5 0.38 11 500 5729 -12.8 -36.5 12 23.7 -17.1 234 66 317.4 317.5 288.3 318.6 0.34 12 450 6524 -17.7 -43.3 9 25.7 -21.2 235 76 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.18 13 400 7395 -23.6 -44.7 12 21.2 -26.1 232 83 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.0 0.18 14 350 8356 -31.2 -49.3 15 18.1 -32.7 236 89 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.12 15 300 9427 -40.0 -52.6 25 12.5 -40.7 246 92 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.10 16 250 10649 -47.6 -59.3 25 11.7 -47.9 229 92 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12101 -53.3 -68.9 13 15.6 -53.5 240 90 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 13937 -57.5 -78.9 5 21.5 -57.8 245 52 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16450 -64.2 -83.6 5 19.5 -64.3 239 33 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.96 m Freezing level: 629.04 mb = 3940.85 m = 12929.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.04 mb = 2669.20 m = 8757.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.73 mb = 789.26 m = 2589.41 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1168.04 m = 3832.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.85 C = 76.74 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 5.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 275.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 283.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.80 mb = 948.28 m = 3111.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 627.80 mb = 3950.46 m = 12960.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.80 mb = 9705.62 m = 31842.20 ft B at Equ Level: 280.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.80 mb = 11546.54 m = 37881.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 2.40 Bulk Shear: 118.32 m/s