MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-94.69 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 970 322 23.8 20.2 80 3.6 21.3 192 8 299.5 302.4 295.5 345.0 15.56 2 950 507 23.2 18.3 74 4.9 19.8 203 19 300.7 303.3 294.8 342.1 14.10 3 900 977 19.3 16.6 85 2.7 17.5 217 26 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.6 13.33 4 850 1467 16.2 14.5 89 1.8 15.1 229 31 303.2 305.4 294.2 339.6 12.28 5 800 1981 13.1 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 234 33 305.2 307.3 294.1 339.2 11.37 6 750 2523 10.8 6.9 77 3.9 8.4 242 38 308.3 309.9 292.7 333.7 8.33 7 700 3095 6.5 2.8 78 3.6 4.4 245 40 309.6 310.9 291.8 330.4 6.73 8 650 3699 1.9 -4.0 65 5.8 -0.9 247 42 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.9 4.38 9 600 4339 -2.5 -12.3 47 9.8 -6.3 251 42 313.2 313.7 289.1 321.2 2.47 10 550 5024 -6.7 -16.4 46 9.7 -10.0 257 39 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.6 1.93 11 500 5761 -11.5 -19.9 50 8.4 -14.0 271 37 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.4 1.58 12 450 6559 -17.9 -19.7 86 1.8 -18.4 273 44 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.7 1.78 13 400 7429 -23.8 -24.2 96 0.4 -23.9 271 51 324.1 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.35 14 350 8390 -31.0 -31.1 99 0.1 -31.0 273 58 327.0 327.1 291.7 329.9 0.81 15 300 9463 -40.0 -40.9 91 0.9 -40.1 267 53 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.3 0.36 16 250 10680 -49.6 -52.9 68 3.3 -49.7 277 54 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12114 -56.4 -63.1 43 6.7 -56.5 268 52 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 13923 -59.4 -78.7 6 19.2 -59.6 292 53 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16425 -63.5 -83.7 5 20.2 -63.7 276 41 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.61 m Freezing level: 628.72 mb = 3971.05 m = 13028.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.56 mb = 3592.03 m = 11784.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.94 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.93 mb = 777.07 m = 2549.40 ft T: 20.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 23.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1484.57 m = 4870.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.96 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 474.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1840.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.29 mb = 1225.35 m = 4020.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.29 mb = 1988.87 m = 6525.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.29 mb = 11822.52 m = 38787.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1840.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.29 mb = 15336.42 m = 50315.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.3 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 277.3 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 275.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.76 Bulk Rich Number: 21.83 Bulk Shear: 84.32 m/s