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: 35.71,-95.50 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -95.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 191 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 175 20 299.7 302.3 294.9 342.5 14.67 2 950 474 22.0 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 185 33 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.3 13.95 3 900 943 19.1 16.4 85 2.7 17.3 203 40 301.2 303.6 294.3 339.9 13.16 4 850 1433 16.7 13.2 80 3.4 14.4 224 45 303.6 305.7 293.6 337.2 11.31 5 800 1948 13.2 9.4 78 3.7 10.9 238 47 305.2 306.9 292.6 333.1 9.30 6 750 2488 9.5 3.9 68 5.7 6.3 249 49 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.5 6.75 7 700 3058 7.9 -8.5 30 16.4 0.7 253 51 311.3 311.8 288.9 320.5 2.88 8 650 3666 5.0 -12.9 26 17.9 -2.3 245 47 314.6 315.0 289.3 321.8 2.18 9 600 4313 0.3 -19.7 21 20.0 -6.4 257 45 316.5 316.7 289.0 321.0 1.33 10 550 5004 -4.2 -22.1 23 17.9 -9.7 265 54 319.1 319.4 289.7 323.2 1.18 11 500 5748 -9.4 -23.5 31 14.1 -13.4 261 58 321.6 321.8 290.5 325.6 1.15 12 450 6552 -16.0 -24.3 49 8.2 -18.2 264 58 323.1 323.3 290.9 327.2 1.19 13 400 7427 -23.1 -28.2 63 5.1 -24.2 270 62 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.94 14 350 8388 -31.2 -34.8 70 3.6 -31.7 272 65 326.7 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.57 15 300 9459 -40.3 -42.6 79 2.3 -40.5 280 72 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.30 16 250 10675 -50.7 -52.3 82 1.7 -50.7 281 84 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.12 17 200 12098 -57.3 -64.7 38 7.4 -57.4 292 83 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13901 -62.0 -77.3 11 15.3 -62.1 285 66 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16417 -61.2 -84.0 3 22.8 -61.4 311 33 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.76 m Freezing level: 596.57 mb = 4360.55 m = 14306.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.66 mb = 3192.26 m = 10473.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.62 mb = 879.26 m = 2884.68 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1551.12 m = 5088.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 22.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1389.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.69 mb = 1109.36 m = 3639.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.69 mb = 2077.38 m = 6815.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.69 mb = 3085.37 m = 10122.50 ft B at Equ Level: 22.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.69 mb = 14900.05 m = 48884.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 627.6 neg: -8.2 tot: 619.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.96 Bulk Shear: 233.19 m/s