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: 34.52,-95.79 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 975 249 24.2 11.0 43 13.2 16.0 185 11 299.4 301.0 290.0 324.3 8.45 2 950 478 21.9 7.8 40 14.1 13.6 192 24 299.4 300.6 288.8 320.0 6.99 3 900 943 18.0 4.5 41 13.6 10.4 203 30 300.1 301.1 287.9 317.5 5.85 4 850 1428 14.0 0.9 41 13.1 7.2 212 34 300.8 301.7 287.2 315.2 4.79 5 800 1935 9.8 -3.4 39 13.2 3.5 216 37 301.6 302.3 286.4 313.0 3.73 6 750 2466 5.1 -7.1 41 12.2 -0.2 218 39 302.1 302.7 285.8 311.3 2.98 7 700 3024 -0.1 -10.3 46 10.2 -4.1 217 41 302.4 302.8 285.4 310.1 2.49 8 650 3612 -4.1 -16.8 36 12.7 -8.2 214 47 304.3 304.6 285.1 309.4 1.58 9 600 4239 -7.5 -31.4 13 23.9 -12.6 217 58 307.4 307.5 284.9 309.0 0.46 10 550 4910 -12.3 -39.1 9 26.7 -16.7 216 66 309.4 309.5 285.4 310.3 0.24 11 500 5630 -17.4 -44.6 7 27.2 -20.9 218 71 311.8 311.8 286.1 312.3 0.14 12 450 6412 -22.1 -52.2 5 30.1 -24.9 223 73 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.7 0.07 13 400 7268 -27.1 -56.3 5 29.2 -29.2 222 77 319.8 319.8 288.7 319.9 0.05 14 350 8219 -32.6 -59.0 5 26.4 -34.1 223 77 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.04 15 300 9291 -38.9 -61.4 7 22.5 -39.9 226 85 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.03 16 250 10525 -44.6 -64.4 9 19.8 -45.3 232 89 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12006 -48.5 -74.2 4 25.6 -49.1 229 60 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 18 150 13870 -53.4 -80.2 2 26.8 -53.8 237 58 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.8 -62.3 227 16 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.89 m Freezing level: 701.09 mb = 3011.81 m = 9881.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.11 mb = 2443.29 m = 8015.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.97 mb = 1904.21 m = 6247.33 ft T: 10.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 15.29 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.49 mb = 2690.48 m = 8826.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.31 C K Index: 22.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.18 mb = 2409.78 m = 7906.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.18 mb = 3021.88 m = 9914.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.18 mb = 6086.19 m = 19967.56 ft B at Equ Level: 52.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 400.18 mb = 7265.20 m = 23835.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 48.7 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 115.70 m/s