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: 35.26,-96.11 Latitude: 35.26 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 10 SFC 974 244 26.0 17.0 58 9.0 19.8 188 19 301.4 303.7 294.0 338.5 12.60 2 950 459 25.7 16.2 56 9.5 19.2 190 36 303.2 305.5 294.3 339.7 12.28 3 900 932 22.2 14.8 63 7.4 17.2 198 45 304.4 306.6 294.3 339.9 11.88 4 850 1428 20.0 11.6 58 8.4 14.6 222 45 307.1 309.0 293.8 337.8 10.15 5 800 1948 16.5 7.0 53 9.5 10.7 238 44 308.7 310.2 292.5 332.9 7.90 6 750 2493 12.0 2.4 52 9.6 6.7 248 47 309.6 310.8 291.3 328.4 6.08 7 700 3066 6.8 0.2 62 6.7 3.3 248 51 310.1 311.1 290.9 327.3 5.54 8 650 3669 1.9 -4.3 64 6.1 -1.1 246 55 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.6 4.29 9 600 4311 -1.1 -17.3 28 16.2 -6.7 252 56 314.9 315.2 288.8 320.4 1.65 10 550 5000 -4.8 -26.3 17 21.6 -10.7 257 65 318.4 318.6 289.1 321.3 0.81 11 500 5742 -9.9 -28.7 20 18.8 -14.5 258 73 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.5 0.71 12 450 6545 -15.8 -32.4 23 16.6 -19.2 255 77 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.4 0.56 13 400 7421 -23.0 -37.1 26 14.2 -25.1 254 77 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.6 0.39 14 350 8382 -31.6 -42.0 35 10.4 -32.7 257 79 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.2 0.27 15 300 9450 -40.9 -46.7 54 5.8 -41.3 258 83 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 16 250 10664 -50.5 -54.5 62 4.1 -50.6 254 94 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.09 17 200 12093 -57.4 -63.9 43 6.5 -57.5 247 76 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 13913 -57.0 -79.4 4 22.4 -57.3 276 49 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16428 -64.2 -83.5 5 19.3 -64.4 250 37 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.84 m Freezing level: 618.34 mb = 4075.75 m = 13371.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.19 mb = 3518.13 m = 11542.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.49 C = 90.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.90 mb = 1388.32 m = 4554.80 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.50 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.15 mb = 2469.14 m = 8100.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.09 C = 93.37 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1388.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 159.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.53 mb = 1782.99 m = 5849.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.53 mb = 2942.01 m = 9652.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.53 mb = 11764.25 m = 38596.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1385.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.53 mb = 14316.97 m = 46971.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 575.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 575.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 191.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.67 Bulk Shear: 244.71 m/s