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: 35.6,-95.55 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -95.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 979 198 24.6 17.4 64 7.2 19.7 186 20 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.2 12.87 2 950 459 24.4 16.2 60 8.2 18.9 188 38 302.0 304.3 293.9 338.4 12.32 3 900 931 21.0 15.0 69 6.0 17.0 197 47 303.1 305.4 294.0 338.7 11.99 4 850 1425 19.0 12.5 66 6.5 14.7 219 50 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.3 10.75 5 800 1943 15.3 9.1 66 6.2 11.4 233 49 307.5 309.2 293.1 335.1 9.10 6 750 2487 10.9 5.2 68 5.7 7.6 244 51 308.4 309.8 292.0 331.1 7.42 7 700 3058 6.4 1.4 70 5.0 3.7 248 53 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.3 6.05 8 650 3661 2.4 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.3 249 57 311.6 312.4 289.9 323.9 3.89 9 600 4305 -0.1 -19.8 21 19.6 -6.7 254 60 316.0 316.2 288.9 320.5 1.33 10 550 4996 -4.2 -25.4 17 21.2 -10.2 253 67 319.1 319.3 289.4 322.2 0.88 11 500 5739 -9.7 -26.9 23 17.3 -14.1 253 72 321.3 321.4 290.0 324.2 0.84 12 450 6543 -15.8 -30.5 27 14.8 -19.0 254 77 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.67 13 400 7418 -23.1 -35.2 32 12.1 -25.1 253 78 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.48 14 350 8379 -31.6 -39.4 46 7.9 -32.5 252 78 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.36 15 300 9448 -40.8 -44.5 68 3.7 -41.1 251 81 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 16 250 10662 -50.6 -53.3 73 2.7 -50.7 252 92 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 17 200 12088 -57.7 -62.7 53 5.0 -57.8 244 76 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13904 -58.6 -78.8 6 20.2 -58.8 276 49 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16422 -62.7 -83.7 4 20.9 -63.0 246 38 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.71 m Freezing level: 602.55 mb = 4272.12 m = 14015.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.18 mb = 3498.00 m = 11476.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.94 mb = 1115.99 m = 3661.35 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 18.24 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.58 mb = 2247.68 m = 7374.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 452.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.43 mb = 1562.28 m = 5125.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.43 mb = 2923.85 m = 9592.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.43 mb = 11732.94 m = 38493.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1152.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.43 mb = 14269.10 m = 46814.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 42.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 670.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 670.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 223.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 260.45 m/s