MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 33.37,-94.61 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 995 110 19.5 17.2 87 2.3 17.9 169 9 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.6 12.49 2 950 508 19.6 15.4 77 4.2 16.8 187 26 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.7 11.62 3 900 972 17.3 11.3 68 6.0 13.6 214 29 299.4 301.1 290.9 327.0 9.41 4 850 1458 13.8 6.2 60 7.6 9.4 235 33 300.6 301.9 289.2 321.4 7.00 5 800 1966 10.0 -0.9 46 11.0 4.5 244 36 301.8 302.7 287.2 315.3 4.46 6 750 2498 6.0 -7.4 37 13.4 0.2 243 38 303.1 303.6 286.1 312.1 2.91 7 700 3058 2.3 -11.5 35 13.8 -3.1 236 42 305.0 305.4 286.1 312.2 2.26 8 650 3653 -0.9 -18.0 26 17.1 -6.5 231 52 308.0 308.2 286.2 312.6 1.42 9 600 4287 -4.9 -22.6 23 17.8 -9.9 228 58 310.5 310.7 286.7 313.9 1.03 10 550 4964 -9.9 -25.5 27 15.6 -13.8 223 63 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.3 0.87 11 500 5691 -15.5 -28.0 33 12.6 -18.2 222 68 314.2 314.3 287.7 316.8 0.76 12 450 6477 -21.1 -31.1 40 10.0 -22.9 221 75 316.8 316.9 288.4 319.0 0.64 13 400 7337 -26.3 -37.5 34 11.2 -27.9 220 84 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.38 14 350 8290 -32.4 -45.0 27 12.6 -33.6 228 83 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.20 15 300 9360 -39.5 -51.3 27 11.8 -40.2 230 87 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.11 16 250 10589 -46.0 -60.7 17 14.8 -46.4 236 108 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.04 17 200 12055 -50.6 -72.2 6 21.6 -51.0 235 84 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13913 -54.6 -79.7 3 25.1 -55.0 240 55 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16446 -63.7 -83.7 5 20.0 -63.8 252 21 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.53 m Freezing level: 664.03 mb = 3486.33 m = 11437.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 747.02 mb = 2530.22 m = 8301.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.55 mb = 403.36 m = 1323.33 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1603.53 m = 5260.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 21.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 597.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.42 mb = 1111.11 m = 3645.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.42 mb = 2169.91 m = 7119.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.42 mb = 8902.74 m = 29208.11 ft B at Equ Level: 593.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.42 mb = 11415.95 m = 37453.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 46.6 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 34.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 267.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 161.91 m/s