MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-95.87 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 977 231 28.8 17.5 50 11.3 20.9 197 17 303.9 306.3 294.9 342.5 12.97 2 950 478 26.1 15.9 53 10.2 19.1 203 30 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.4 12.02 3 900 951 21.7 14.2 62 7.6 16.7 211 36 303.9 306.0 293.7 337.8 11.37 4 850 1444 17.4 12.4 72 5.1 14.1 221 38 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.3 10.69 5 800 1959 13.2 9.9 80 3.3 11.2 233 40 305.2 307.0 292.8 334.0 9.61 6 750 2499 9.4 5.0 74 4.4 6.9 244 41 306.8 308.2 291.5 329.0 7.32 7 700 3070 7.9 -8.1 31 16.0 0.7 254 46 311.3 311.8 289.0 320.7 2.97 8 650 3677 4.4 -11.3 31 15.7 -2.1 248 44 313.9 314.4 289.4 322.0 2.49 9 600 4323 -0.1 -17.6 25 17.6 -6.2 254 42 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.4 1.59 10 550 5013 -4.7 -21.7 25 17.0 -9.9 267 50 318.5 318.8 289.6 322.7 1.23 11 500 5756 -9.6 -23.5 31 14.0 -13.5 264 58 321.4 321.6 290.4 325.3 1.14 12 450 6559 -16.1 -23.8 51 7.7 -18.1 264 60 323.0 323.3 290.9 327.3 1.24 13 400 7434 -23.1 -26.9 71 3.8 -23.9 270 64 325.0 325.2 291.3 328.7 1.05 14 350 8396 -30.9 -33.1 81 2.2 -31.3 273 68 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.67 15 300 9468 -39.9 -43.4 69 3.5 -40.2 281 76 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.27 16 250 10686 -50.3 -53.1 73 2.7 -50.4 283 86 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.11 17 200 12114 -55.6 -66.5 25 10.9 -55.8 292 79 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13924 -61.8 -77.4 11 15.7 -61.9 291 66 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16428 -63.6 -83.6 5 20.1 -63.7 310 46 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.45 m Freezing level: 600.80 mb = 4312.45 m = 14148.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.41 mb = 3218.45 m = 10559.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.03 mb = 1656.37 m = 5434.22 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 21.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.12 mb = 2010.34 m = 6595.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 23.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1108.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.55 mb = 1826.91 m = 5993.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.55 mb = 2305.50 m = 7563.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.55 mb = 2864.92 m = 9399.24 ft B at Equ Level: 7.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 667.55 mb = 3458.59 m = 11346.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.7 at 44.0 knts Storm direction: 277.7 at 33.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 386.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 8.68 Bulk Shear: 127.75 m/s