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: 34.65,-95.4 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 974 275 20.3 15.0 72 5.2 16.8 147 12 295.6 297.6 291.0 327.6 11.09 2 950 487 18.2 13.3 73 5.0 15.1 158 26 295.7 297.5 290.3 325.0 10.15 3 900 948 14.9 11.2 79 3.7 12.6 176 30 296.8 298.5 289.9 323.9 9.32 4 850 1430 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.4 202 35 298.8 300.2 289.2 321.3 7.67 5 800 1935 8.8 2.3 63 6.5 5.4 215 40 300.5 301.6 287.9 317.4 5.64 6 750 2466 4.9 -3.1 56 8.1 1.1 222 44 301.9 302.7 286.8 314.2 4.04 7 700 3024 0.4 -8.6 51 9.0 -3.3 223 47 302.9 303.4 285.9 311.7 2.85 8 650 3615 -2.3 -19.4 26 17.0 -7.6 219 56 306.3 306.6 285.5 310.5 1.27 9 600 4246 -5.7 -30.7 12 25.0 -11.4 215 67 309.5 309.6 285.7 311.2 0.49 10 550 4921 -11.1 -34.4 13 23.4 -15.5 213 71 311.0 311.0 286.1 312.3 0.38 11 500 5644 -16.4 -38.7 13 22.3 -19.8 214 72 313.0 313.0 286.7 314.0 0.27 12 450 6429 -21.1 -45.7 9 24.6 -23.9 217 73 316.7 316.7 287.8 317.3 0.14 13 400 7289 -26.0 -50.4 8 24.4 -28.2 216 77 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.6 0.09 14 350 8243 -32.5 -54.7 9 22.2 -34.0 216 78 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.07 15 300 9312 -39.9 -59.3 11 19.4 -40.8 220 83 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 16 250 10540 -46.0 -62.8 13 16.9 -46.5 229 97 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 17 200 12009 -50.3 -73.4 5 23.1 -50.8 226 69 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 13867 -52.8 -80.4 2 27.6 -53.3 237 60 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16431 -61.9 -83.9 4 22.0 -62.1 222 14 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.96 m Freezing level: 692.93 mb = 3107.80 m = 10196.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.11 mb = 2606.41 m = 8551.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.83 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.35 mb = 935.36 m = 3068.74 ft T: 14.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1671.07 m = 5482.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.20 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.89 mb = 1283.72 m = 4211.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.89 mb = 2358.43 m = 7737.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 409.89 mb = 7110.86 m = 23329.31 ft B at Equ Level: 265.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.89 mb = 9778.95 m = 32082.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 411.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 241.39 m/s