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: 34.25,-95.24 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -95.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 980 229 20.6 15.1 71 5.5 17.0 149 12 295.5 297.5 291.0 327.4 11.10 2 950 493 18.3 13.8 75 4.5 15.4 160 25 295.7 297.6 290.6 326.0 10.51 3 900 954 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 178 30 296.8 298.7 290.6 326.1 10.11 4 850 1437 12.6 8.7 77 3.8 10.3 207 35 299.3 300.8 289.9 323.8 8.35 5 800 1943 8.9 4.2 73 4.6 6.3 219 39 300.6 301.8 288.7 319.9 6.48 6 750 2474 5.4 -0.8 64 6.2 2.4 224 42 302.5 303.4 287.8 317.1 4.83 7 700 3034 1.8 -8.2 48 10.0 -2.4 227 47 304.5 305.0 286.6 313.6 2.95 8 650 3628 -0.9 -20.3 21 19.4 -7.0 224 56 307.9 308.1 285.9 311.8 1.17 9 600 4262 -4.8 -29.1 13 24.4 -10.6 218 65 310.6 310.7 286.2 312.6 0.57 10 550 4939 -10.3 -31.9 15 21.7 -14.7 214 69 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.6 0.48 11 500 5665 -15.8 -34.9 18 19.1 -19.2 216 73 313.7 313.8 287.1 315.1 0.39 12 450 6451 -20.4 -42.3 12 21.9 -23.2 221 78 317.6 317.7 288.2 318.4 0.21 13 400 7314 -25.3 -47.5 11 22.2 -27.6 222 84 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.6 0.13 14 350 8270 -32.1 -51.5 13 19.4 -33.5 221 87 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.10 15 300 9340 -39.8 -55.6 17 15.9 -40.5 223 89 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.07 16 250 10567 -46.0 -61.9 15 15.9 -46.6 230 98 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.8 0.04 17 200 12034 -51.4 -72.5 6 21.1 -51.8 229 72 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 13882 -54.0 -80.0 3 26.1 -54.4 237 61 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16434 -62.4 -83.8 4 21.4 -62.7 228 13 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.16 m Freezing level: 667.11 mb = 3425.08 m = 11237.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.10 mb = 2748.34 m = 9016.75 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.76 mb = 918.65 m = 3013.92 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.30 mb = 1562.58 m = 5126.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.72 C = 76.50 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 27.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 248.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.53 mb = 1158.19 m = 3799.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.53 mb = 2219.97 m = 7283.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.53 mb = 7430.93 m = 24379.39 ft B at Equ Level: 247.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.53 mb = 9961.53 m = 32681.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 394.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 394.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 242.93 m/s