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: 35.24,-95.44 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -95.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 981 217 24.3 19.0 73 5.2 20.6 194 8 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.6 14.25 2 950 501 25.1 17.8 64 7.3 20.0 197 24 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.8 13.60 3 900 975 22.5 15.3 64 7.3 17.7 217 32 304.7 307.0 294.6 341.2 12.22 4 850 1470 19.1 12.3 65 6.8 14.7 238 32 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.1 10.64 5 800 1988 14.9 8.8 67 6.1 11.1 256 33 307.0 308.7 292.8 334.0 8.91 6 750 2531 10.3 4.6 68 5.6 7.1 263 34 307.7 309.1 291.6 329.5 7.13 7 700 3100 5.4 3.0 84 2.4 4.1 259 38 308.5 309.7 291.5 329.3 6.79 8 650 3702 1.7 -5.2 60 6.9 -1.6 259 41 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.4 3.98 9 600 4345 -0.3 -14.0 35 13.8 -5.5 263 39 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.9 2.15 10 550 5035 -5.0 -21.9 25 16.9 -10.2 267 36 318.1 318.4 289.5 322.3 1.21 11 500 5776 -10.6 -26.4 26 15.8 -14.7 267 40 320.1 320.3 289.7 323.2 0.88 12 450 6575 -17.6 -28.0 40 10.5 -19.9 266 43 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.1 0.84 13 400 7443 -25.0 -27.8 77 2.8 -25.6 271 48 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.9 0.97 14 350 8400 -32.3 -33.3 90 1.1 -32.4 274 54 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.66 15 300 9467 -41.0 -50.2 36 9.2 -41.5 281 60 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.13 16 250 10684 -48.0 -59.2 26 11.2 -48.4 296 88 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12127 -56.5 -65.5 31 9.1 -56.6 302 76 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13940 -58.2 -78.8 5 20.6 -58.4 297 30 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16439 -63.9 -83.8 5 19.9 -64.1 274 36 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.95 m Freezing level: 607.09 mb = 4254.06 m = 13956.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.89 mb = 3530.58 m = 11583.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.06 % Est. max temperature: 31.65 C = 88.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.86 mb = 889.21 m = 2917.31 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 20.58 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2054.15 m = 6739.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.82 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 39.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1848.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.35 mb = 1567.92 m = 5144.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.35 mb = 2470.91 m = 8106.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.35 mb = 11956.14 m = 39225.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1839.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.35 mb = 15046.62 m = 49364.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 335.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.73 Bulk Rich Number: 16.42 Bulk Shear: 112.58 m/s