MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-95.55 Latitude: 34.65 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 50 SFC 976 263 25.9 20.9 74 4.9 22.3 177 13 301.1 304.1 296.4 348.7 16.19 2 950 498 22.9 19.2 80 3.7 20.3 181 27 300.4 303.1 295.3 344.1 14.90 3 900 967 18.9 17.4 91 1.6 17.8 188 32 301.0 303.6 294.8 342.1 13.98 4 850 1458 17.1 12.9 76 4.2 14.3 204 36 304.0 306.1 293.6 336.9 11.05 5 800 1974 14.2 10.0 76 4.2 11.6 212 38 306.3 308.1 293.2 335.4 9.67 6 750 2516 10.1 7.0 81 3.2 8.2 216 37 307.6 309.1 292.6 333.1 8.39 7 700 3086 5.9 3.1 82 2.8 4.3 220 38 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.0 6.83 8 650 3689 1.7 -3.4 69 5.1 -0.8 227 39 310.9 311.8 290.3 325.2 4.58 9 600 4330 -2.0 -11.9 47 9.8 -6.0 234 40 313.8 314.2 289.4 322.1 2.56 10 550 5016 -6.1 -15.9 46 9.7 -9.6 239 45 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.5 2.02 11 500 5755 -10.5 -18.3 52 7.9 -13.0 240 51 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.4 1.80 12 450 6558 -15.8 -31.3 25 15.5 -19.1 244 57 323.4 323.5 290.5 325.6 0.62 13 400 7434 -22.4 -34.0 34 11.6 -24.4 243 62 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.54 14 350 8399 -30.2 -42.5 29 12.3 -31.6 240 61 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.26 15 300 9475 -38.6 -50.1 29 11.5 -39.4 244 63 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 16 250 10709 -45.7 -57.0 27 11.3 -46.2 254 67 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12166 -54.0 -64.1 28 10.1 -54.2 242 73 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.03 18 150 13992 -59.9 -79.1 6 19.2 -60.1 267 47 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16468 -66.1 -83.4 7 17.3 -66.2 255 31 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.72 m Freezing level: 627.32 mb = 3979.42 m = 13055.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.85 mb = 3591.11 m = 11781.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.27 mb = 888.10 m = 2913.68 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 26.68 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1487.15 m = 4879.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1674.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.53 mb = 1096.76 m = 3598.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.53 mb = 2169.95 m = 7119.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.53 mb = 11498.20 m = 37723.30 ft B at Equ Level: 1671.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.53 mb = 15277.16 m = 50121.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 297.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.37 Bulk Shear: 96.43 m/s