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: 34.99,-95.55 Latitude: 34.99 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 53 SFC 979 237 24.6 19.2 72 5.4 20.8 188 9 299.5 302.2 294.7 341.7 14.45 2 950 503 24.8 17.9 66 6.9 20.0 190 24 302.4 304.9 295.0 342.9 13.72 3 900 976 22.4 15.6 65 6.8 17.8 207 34 304.6 306.9 294.7 341.8 12.47 4 850 1471 19.2 12.9 67 6.3 15.0 232 33 306.3 308.3 294.2 339.5 11.05 5 800 1990 15.0 10.3 73 4.8 12.0 251 33 307.2 309.0 293.6 337.0 9.87 6 750 2533 10.4 7.4 82 2.9 8.6 262 35 307.8 309.4 292.8 334.1 8.66 7 700 3103 5.5 5.0 97 0.5 5.2 263 37 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.4 7.83 8 650 3705 1.3 -2.3 77 3.6 -0.5 260 43 310.4 311.4 290.5 325.9 4.96 9 600 4348 -0.1 -14.3 34 14.1 -5.5 264 39 315.9 316.4 289.6 322.9 2.11 10 550 5039 -4.6 -20.8 27 16.2 -9.7 268 35 318.7 318.9 289.8 323.2 1.33 11 500 5781 -10.4 -24.5 30 14.1 -14.3 268 40 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.9 1.05 12 450 6581 -17.2 -27.8 39 10.6 -19.6 267 43 321.6 321.7 290.2 324.6 0.86 13 400 7450 -24.9 -28.1 75 3.2 -25.5 274 48 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.0 0.95 14 350 8407 -32.0 -33.3 88 1.3 -32.1 276 54 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.1 0.66 15 300 9476 -40.6 -49.8 37 9.2 -41.2 284 61 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 16 250 10695 -48.1 -58.3 30 10.1 -48.5 298 91 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 17 200 12137 -56.8 -65.1 34 8.3 -56.9 305 76 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.03 18 150 13947 -58.1 -78.8 5 20.7 -58.4 293 25 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.01 19 100 16442 -64.3 -83.7 5 19.5 -64.4 273 37 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.28 m Freezing level: 605.08 mb = 4282.89 m = 14051.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.47 mb = 3649.75 m = 11974.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.40 mb = 923.52 m = 3029.89 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.95 mb = 2053.56 m = 6737.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -3.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 42.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 437.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1877.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.70 mb = 1544.98 m = 5068.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.70 mb = 2446.71 m = 8027.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.70 mb = 12209.47 m = 40056.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1855.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.70 mb = 15439.31 m = 50653.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 392.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.36 Bulk Rich Number: 14.01 Bulk Shear: 134.05 m/s