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: 34.75,-95.53 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 256 25.7 21.1 76 4.6 22.4 175 13 300.8 303.8 296.4 348.9 16.36 2 950 498 22.7 19.2 81 3.4 20.3 180 27 300.2 302.9 295.3 343.9 14.93 3 900 967 19.0 17.1 88 1.9 17.7 190 33 301.1 303.7 294.7 341.6 13.76 4 850 1458 17.0 12.9 76 4.2 14.3 206 37 304.0 306.0 293.6 336.9 11.04 5 800 1973 14.0 10.0 77 4.0 11.5 213 38 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.2 9.68 6 750 2515 10.0 7.0 82 3.0 8.2 216 38 307.4 309.0 292.5 332.9 8.41 7 700 3085 5.8 3.1 83 2.6 4.3 221 40 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.0 6.87 8 650 3688 1.6 -2.9 72 4.5 -0.6 228 41 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.7 4.77 9 600 4328 -2.1 -10.7 52 8.6 -5.6 235 42 313.7 314.2 289.6 322.8 2.82 10 550 5014 -6.3 -14.6 52 8.3 -9.3 239 45 316.6 317.1 290.0 324.1 2.25 11 500 5753 -10.6 -18.0 54 7.4 -13.0 240 51 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.4 1.85 12 450 6555 -15.9 -30.1 28 14.2 -19.0 243 57 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.8 0.70 13 400 7431 -22.4 -33.0 38 10.6 -24.4 242 60 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.0 0.59 14 350 8397 -30.2 -40.8 35 10.7 -31.4 238 59 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.3 0.31 15 300 9473 -38.5 -48.9 32 10.5 -39.2 242 59 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.15 16 250 10707 -45.6 -56.4 29 10.7 -46.0 253 64 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12164 -54.1 -63.2 32 9.1 -54.4 241 70 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 13989 -60.0 -79.1 7 19.1 -60.2 265 49 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16467 -66.0 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.1 254 33 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.11 m Freezing level: 628.13 mb = 3967.81 m = 13017.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.82 mb = 3615.11 m = 11860.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.76 C = 85.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.18 mb = 831.39 m = 2727.63 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 26.11 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1492.84 m = 4897.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -5.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1649.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.86 mb = 1093.26 m = 3586.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.86 mb = 2059.25 m = 6756.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.86 mb = 11486.91 m = 37686.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1645.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.86 mb = 15258.90 m = 50061.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 321.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 107.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.78 Bulk Shear: 104.53 m/s