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: 34.85,-96.34 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 973 255 26.5 17.0 56 9.5 20.0 186 19 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.2 12.60 2 950 463 26.0 16.3 55 9.7 19.4 187 36 303.6 305.8 294.4 340.3 12.37 3 900 937 22.4 15.2 64 7.2 17.5 193 47 304.6 306.8 294.5 340.8 12.13 4 850 1433 20.5 12.1 58 8.5 15.0 222 44 307.7 309.6 294.1 339.3 10.46 5 800 1954 17.1 7.2 52 9.9 11.1 240 43 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 8.00 6 750 2501 12.5 3.3 53 9.2 7.3 247 46 310.1 311.4 291.7 330.1 6.46 7 700 3075 7.3 0.4 62 6.9 3.7 249 49 310.6 311.6 291.2 328.1 5.64 8 650 3679 2.0 -3.4 67 5.4 -0.6 248 54 311.2 312.1 290.5 325.6 4.57 9 600 4322 -0.1 -21.8 18 21.7 -7.0 257 55 316.0 316.2 288.7 319.8 1.11 10 550 5013 -3.9 -31.0 10 27.2 -10.6 261 62 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.4 0.52 11 500 5757 -9.5 -29.3 18 19.8 -14.3 264 70 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.9 0.68 12 450 6561 -15.7 -34.6 18 18.9 -19.3 257 70 323.5 323.6 290.3 325.2 0.45 13 400 7436 -22.7 -38.8 22 16.0 -25.1 252 71 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.33 14 350 8399 -31.3 -41.4 36 10.1 -32.4 256 74 326.6 326.6 291.0 327.6 0.29 15 300 9469 -40.3 -47.6 46 7.3 -40.8 260 80 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.17 16 250 10684 -50.3 -55.3 55 5.0 -50.5 256 89 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.08 17 200 12112 -58.0 -64.0 46 6.1 -58.1 254 71 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13926 -56.4 -79.6 4 23.2 -56.8 280 53 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.2 -83.4 6 18.2 -65.4 253 38 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.78 m Freezing level: 602.12 mb = 4294.60 m = 14089.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.30 mb = 3587.61 m = 11770.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.02 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.61 mb = 1467.69 m = 4815.21 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2518.17 m = 8261.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.58 C = 94.24 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Showalter Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1425.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 173.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.15 mb = 1803.67 m = 5917.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.15 mb = 2966.46 m = 9732.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.15 mb = 12138.46 m = 39823.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1407.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.15 mb = 14390.25 m = 47211.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.4 at 52.4 knts Storm direction: 276.4 at 39.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 600.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 600.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 200.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.96 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 265.82 m/s