MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.58,-96.03 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 23 SFC 977 231 26.3 16.8 56 9.4 19.8 180 16 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.1 12.44 2 950 472 25.8 16.0 55 9.8 19.1 183 35 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.3 12.10 3 900 946 22.4 14.8 62 7.6 17.3 193 47 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.0 11.84 4 850 1442 20.1 12.9 63 7.1 15.4 215 46 307.2 309.3 294.5 340.7 11.09 5 800 1962 16.3 10.2 67 6.2 12.4 230 46 308.6 310.4 293.9 338.4 9.81 6 750 2508 12.0 6.4 69 5.6 8.6 244 47 309.6 311.1 292.9 334.3 8.06 7 700 3082 6.9 3.7 80 3.2 5.1 250 48 310.2 311.5 292.3 332.2 7.14 8 650 3686 1.9 -0.0 87 1.9 0.8 255 51 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.3 5.88 9 600 4330 1.1 -22.3 16 23.4 -6.4 259 52 317.4 317.6 289.0 321.1 1.07 10 550 5024 -3.3 -28.6 12 25.3 -10.1 264 56 320.1 320.3 289.5 322.5 0.66 11 500 5769 -9.3 -27.9 20 18.7 -14.0 267 64 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.77 12 450 6572 -15.8 -33.0 21 17.3 -19.2 259 61 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.53 13 400 7448 -22.6 -39.3 20 16.7 -25.1 246 59 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.32 14 350 8412 -30.8 -41.3 35 10.5 -31.9 250 67 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.4 0.29 15 300 9484 -40.2 -47.2 47 7.0 -40.6 261 73 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.18 16 250 10700 -49.8 -55.6 51 5.8 -50.0 258 83 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 12131 -57.8 -63.7 47 5.9 -57.9 257 71 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 18 150 13939 -56.7 -79.5 4 22.8 -56.9 278 53 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16445 -65.3 -83.4 6 18.1 -65.4 254 36 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.44 m Freezing level: 587.50 mb = 4503.37 m = 14774.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.22 mb = 3757.76 m = 12328.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.92 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.66 mb = 1435.32 m = 4709.00 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.93 mb = 2475.29 m = 8120.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.27 C = 93.68 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 39.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1179.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.93 mb = 1803.70 m = 5917.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.93 mb = 2964.50 m = 9725.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.93 mb = 11820.13 m = 38779.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1178.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.93 mb = 14368.05 m = 47138.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.8 at 50.2 knts Storm direction: 275.8 at 37.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 708.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 708.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 236.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.78 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 264.35 m/s