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: 34.92,-96.11 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 16 SFC 974 245 26.3 17.0 57 9.3 19.9 186 18 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.7 12.58 2 950 464 25.7 16.3 56 9.4 19.3 187 36 303.3 305.6 294.3 339.9 12.33 3 900 938 22.0 15.1 65 6.9 17.4 193 47 304.2 306.4 294.4 340.3 12.11 4 850 1434 20.2 12.3 61 7.9 15.0 219 47 307.3 309.3 294.1 339.4 10.63 5 800 1954 16.4 8.7 60 7.7 11.6 235 46 308.7 310.3 293.3 335.7 8.88 6 750 2499 12.0 4.6 61 7.4 7.7 247 47 309.6 310.9 292.1 331.5 7.11 7 700 3073 7.0 1.7 69 5.3 4.1 249 50 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.5 6.21 8 650 3677 2.3 -3.2 67 5.5 -0.4 249 54 311.6 312.4 290.6 326.1 4.63 9 600 4321 0.2 -21.4 18 21.6 -6.8 257 55 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.2 1.15 10 550 5012 -3.8 -28.2 13 24.4 -10.3 262 62 319.6 319.7 289.3 322.0 0.68 11 500 5756 -9.4 -27.7 21 18.3 -14.0 264 70 321.6 321.7 290.1 324.4 0.78 12 450 6561 -15.6 -32.7 21 17.2 -19.0 257 70 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.6 0.54 13 400 7437 -22.7 -37.2 25 14.6 -24.9 249 70 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.39 14 350 8399 -31.2 -40.3 40 9.1 -32.2 254 74 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.33 15 300 9470 -40.3 -46.6 51 6.3 -40.8 258 79 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.3 0.19 16 250 10686 -50.3 -54.7 59 4.4 -50.4 255 88 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 17 200 12113 -58.2 -63.1 53 4.9 -58.3 252 70 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 18 150 13925 -56.6 -79.7 4 23.1 -56.9 281 52 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16435 -65.1 -83.4 6 18.3 -65.3 252 37 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.78 m Freezing level: 597.83 mb = 4350.56 m = 14273.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.62 mb = 3618.92 m = 11872.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.63 mb = 1427.16 m = 4682.24 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.06 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.47 mb = 2438.04 m = 7998.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 468.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1322.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 156.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.79 mb = 1754.68 m = 5756.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.79 mb = 2910.55 m = 9548.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.79 mb = 11992.97 m = 39346.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1318.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.79 mb = 14633.32 m = 48009.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 39.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 659.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 659.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.91 Bulk Shear: 269.29 m/s