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: 35.12,-95 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 980 228 23.8 19.2 75 4.6 20.6 191 8 298.6 301.2 294.4 340.5 14.39 2 950 504 24.1 18.0 69 6.1 19.9 196 26 301.7 304.2 294.9 342.4 13.81 3 900 976 22.3 15.4 65 6.8 17.7 219 34 304.4 306.7 294.6 341.2 12.34 4 850 1472 19.3 12.2 64 7.1 14.7 238 34 306.4 308.4 293.9 338.3 10.60 5 800 1990 15.2 9.2 67 6.0 11.4 256 36 307.3 309.1 293.1 335.1 9.15 6 750 2533 10.5 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 262 39 308.0 309.5 292.5 332.8 8.16 7 700 3104 6.1 1.5 73 4.5 3.6 264 40 309.2 310.3 291.2 328.1 6.12 8 650 3708 3.2 -10.1 37 13.3 -2.4 264 33 312.6 313.1 289.2 321.4 2.73 9 600 4352 -0.8 -12.3 41 11.5 -5.4 259 31 315.2 315.7 289.8 323.3 2.47 10 550 5040 -5.6 -17.2 40 11.6 -9.6 261 33 317.4 317.8 289.8 323.5 1.81 11 500 5780 -11.1 -21.8 41 10.7 -14.2 266 37 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.1 1.33 12 450 6578 -17.6 -24.2 56 6.6 -19.2 265 44 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.3 1.20 13 400 7447 -25.2 -28.3 75 3.1 -25.8 269 45 322.2 322.4 290.4 325.5 0.93 14 350 8402 -32.3 -32.3 100 0.0 -32.3 274 55 325.2 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.73 15 300 9469 -40.8 -42.4 84 1.6 -40.9 279 62 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.31 16 250 10686 -48.6 -56.0 42 7.4 -48.8 296 80 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 17 200 12128 -56.3 -63.2 41 7.0 -56.4 302 76 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 13943 -58.1 -78.9 5 20.8 -58.3 297 31 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16439 -63.5 -83.8 5 20.2 -63.7 276 36 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.37 m Freezing level: 610.01 mb = 4222.90 m = 13854.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.93 mb = 3461.81 m = 11357.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.16 mb = 820.75 m = 2692.72 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.60 mb = 2079.08 m = 6821.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.57 C = 90.62 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1827.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.37 mb = 1488.03 m = 4881.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.37 mb = 2495.75 m = 8188.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.37 mb = 12020.00 m = 39435.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1809.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.37 mb = 15146.20 m = 49691.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.5 neg: -2.9 tot: 393.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.29 Bulk Rich Number: 17.33 Bulk Shear: 105.45 m/s