MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 34.99,-96.26 Latitude: 34.99 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 979 254 18.7 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 159 11 293.6 296.0 292.0 331.0 13.10 2 950 514 19.1 16.5 85 2.6 17.4 178 22 296.6 298.8 292.4 332.7 12.51 3 900 978 17.6 13.0 75 4.5 14.7 216 23 299.6 301.5 291.8 330.4 10.53 4 850 1465 14.4 9.4 72 5.0 11.4 233 24 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.2 8.76 5 800 1975 11.2 6.0 70 5.2 8.2 238 26 303.1 304.5 290.3 325.2 7.35 6 750 2511 7.8 1.1 63 6.7 4.3 236 32 305.1 306.1 289.3 321.9 5.54 7 700 3076 4.2 -7.9 41 12.1 -1.0 236 36 307.1 307.7 287.6 316.6 3.00 8 650 3674 0.4 -12.8 36 13.3 -4.6 235 39 309.5 309.9 287.6 316.5 2.19 9 600 4312 -2.8 -19.1 27 16.2 -8.1 234 43 312.8 313.1 287.9 317.5 1.41 10 550 4995 -7.3 -24.4 24 17.1 -12.0 235 46 315.4 315.6 288.3 318.7 0.96 11 500 5730 -12.8 -27.5 28 14.7 -16.3 236 46 317.4 317.5 288.8 320.1 0.80 12 450 6523 -19.3 -29.2 41 9.9 -21.3 236 46 319.0 319.2 289.3 321.7 0.76 13 400 7386 -26.5 -35.3 43 8.8 -27.8 235 44 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.2 0.47 14 350 8336 -33.2 -42.9 37 9.8 -34.1 228 53 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.25 15 300 9405 -39.2 -48.1 38 8.9 -39.8 218 70 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.16 16 250 10631 -47.7 -54.7 44 7.0 -47.9 212 77 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.09 17 200 12077 -55.2 -68.6 17 13.5 -55.4 220 70 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 18 150 13893 -58.4 -79.4 5 21.0 -58.6 241 57 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16399 -62.0 -84.0 4 22.0 -62.2 264 40 407.9 407.9 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.29 m Freezing level: 643.40 mb = 3758.47 m = 12330.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.70 mb = 2963.19 m = 9721.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.04 C = 80.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.47 mb = 383.64 m = 1258.65 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1650.39 m = 5414.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 24.54 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.25 mb = 1128.44 m = 3702.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.25 mb = 2740.67 m = 8991.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 299.25 mb = 9422.27 m = 30912.58 ft B at Equ Level: 550.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.25 mb = 12100.86 m = 39700.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 5.36 Bulk Shear: 103.15 m/s