MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 34.25,-95.95 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 987 202 20.1 19.2 95 0.9 19.5 182 15 294.3 296.9 293.2 335.4 14.35 2 950 536 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 188 32 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.3 13.82 3 900 999 17.0 15.2 89 1.9 15.8 209 39 299.1 301.3 292.9 334.5 12.14 4 850 1485 14.1 12.7 91 1.5 13.2 217 39 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.1 10.91 5 800 1995 11.2 10.3 94 0.9 10.6 217 37 303.1 304.9 292.4 332.5 9.87 6 750 2532 8.3 7.6 95 0.7 7.9 214 35 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.9 8.76 7 700 3099 4.9 4.3 96 0.6 4.6 211 34 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.7 7.47 8 650 3700 1.1 0.6 96 0.5 0.8 210 35 310.2 311.3 291.5 329.2 6.15 9 600 4340 -2.0 -2.6 96 0.6 -2.3 213 38 313.8 314.8 291.8 330.4 5.27 10 550 5026 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.5 -6.0 217 40 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.2 4.34 11 500 5766 -10.1 -10.6 96 0.5 -10.3 220 40 320.7 321.4 292.3 332.0 3.42 12 450 6569 -14.9 -15.1 98 0.2 -15.0 226 40 324.5 325.0 292.6 333.3 2.63 13 400 7447 -20.7 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.7 235 42 328.1 328.5 292.9 334.5 1.84 14 350 8419 -27.6 -27.7 99 0.1 -27.6 243 41 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.5 1.12 15 300 9507 -36.2 -36.4 97 0.3 -36.2 253 41 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.56 16 250 10743 -46.9 -47.1 97 0.2 -46.9 257 41 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12178 -60.0 -60.1 99 0.1 -60.0 261 46 337.7 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.06 18 150 13930 -63.4 -71.1 34 7.8 -63.5 256 74 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.02 19 100 16426 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.7 -66.1 264 28 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.48 m Freezing level: 632.81 mb = 3920.34 m = 12861.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3856.64 m = 12652.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.86 mb = 313.17 m = 1027.46 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.91 mb = 1123.66 m = 3686.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.33 C = 77.60 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.23 mb = 771.38 m = 2530.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.23 mb = 1795.58 m = 5890.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 369.23 mb = 8030.21 m = 26345.53 ft B at Equ Level: 243.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.23 mb = 12515.33 m = 41060.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.5 neg: -28.9 tot: 197.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 6.59 Bulk Shear: 37.03 m/s