MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 34.45,-95.16 Latitude: 34.45 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 973 306 24.1 18.6 71 5.6 20.3 177 8 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.5 13.97 2 950 512 24.4 17.8 67 6.5 19.8 183 22 301.9 304.4 294.8 342.2 13.65 3 900 984 21.4 16.2 72 5.2 17.8 201 30 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.0 12.96 4 850 1478 18.8 13.1 69 5.8 15.0 227 30 305.9 308.0 294.2 339.5 11.21 5 800 1997 15.5 9.9 69 5.7 12.0 246 31 307.7 309.5 293.5 336.8 9.59 6 750 2541 11.1 7.0 76 4.1 8.6 257 34 308.6 310.2 292.9 334.2 8.40 7 700 3113 6.1 2.9 79 3.3 4.3 262 36 309.3 310.6 291.7 330.0 6.73 8 650 3717 2.8 -8.1 45 10.9 -2.0 266 33 312.1 312.8 289.5 322.4 3.20 9 600 4360 -0.9 -13.6 38 12.6 -5.8 269 32 315.0 315.5 289.5 322.4 2.23 10 550 5049 -5.1 -18.0 35 12.9 -9.5 270 34 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.7 1.68 11 500 5791 -10.1 -22.4 36 12.3 -13.7 268 38 320.7 320.9 290.3 325.1 1.27 12 450 6593 -16.5 -24.1 52 7.6 -18.4 268 44 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.8 1.21 13 400 7465 -24.2 -30.0 59 5.8 -25.3 273 45 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.4 0.79 14 350 8423 -31.7 -32.7 90 1.1 -31.9 275 54 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.70 15 300 9494 -40.2 -44.4 63 4.3 -40.5 283 61 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.24 16 250 10713 -49.2 -56.5 42 7.3 -49.4 300 89 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12151 -57.3 -66.1 32 8.8 -57.4 308 85 342.0 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 13960 -58.5 -78.6 6 20.1 -58.7 290 30 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16455 -64.6 -83.6 6 19.0 -64.8 279 35 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.09 m Freezing level: 612.56 mb = 4198.48 m = 13774.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.73 mb = 3521.89 m = 11554.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.74 mb = 1015.84 m = 3332.75 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 19.83 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2140.41 m = 7022.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.35 C = 90.24 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1755.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.96 mb = 1509.07 m = 4950.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.96 mb = 2630.54 m = 8630.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.96 mb = 12088.04 m = 39658.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1750.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.96 mb = 15233.30 m = 49977.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 374.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.79 Bulk Rich Number: 13.28 Bulk Shear: 132.17 m/s