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: 34.83,-95.56 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -95.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 977 249 25.7 21.2 76 4.5 22.5 176 13 300.8 303.8 296.4 348.9 16.40 2 950 497 22.6 19.2 81 3.4 20.2 181 28 300.1 302.9 295.2 343.8 14.90 3 900 966 19.2 16.9 87 2.3 17.7 192 33 301.3 303.8 294.6 341.3 13.59 4 850 1457 17.0 13.0 77 4.0 14.4 207 37 303.9 306.0 293.6 337.1 11.12 5 800 1973 14.0 10.0 77 3.9 11.5 213 39 306.0 307.8 293.1 335.3 9.71 6 750 2514 9.9 7.1 83 2.7 8.2 216 39 307.3 308.9 292.5 333.0 8.48 7 700 3084 5.7 3.3 84 2.4 4.4 222 41 308.8 310.1 291.7 330.1 6.94 8 650 3686 1.6 -2.5 74 4.1 -0.4 229 42 310.8 311.7 290.6 326.1 4.89 9 600 4327 -2.2 -9.6 57 7.5 -5.3 235 43 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.5 3.07 10 550 5013 -6.4 -13.4 57 7.0 -9.1 239 46 316.5 316.9 290.2 324.6 2.47 11 500 5752 -10.8 -17.7 56 7.0 -13.0 239 52 319.9 320.3 290.6 326.3 1.90 12 450 6553 -16.1 -29.2 31 13.2 -19.0 242 57 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.8 0.76 13 400 7428 -22.5 -32.5 40 9.9 -24.4 241 60 325.7 325.8 291.2 328.0 0.62 14 350 8393 -30.2 -40.1 38 9.9 -31.4 237 58 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.33 15 300 9470 -38.4 -48.2 35 9.9 -39.1 240 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10704 -45.6 -56.1 29 10.6 -46.0 251 62 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 17 200 12161 -54.1 -62.6 35 8.5 -54.4 241 70 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 13986 -60.0 -79.1 6 19.2 -60.2 264 49 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16467 -65.9 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.0 253 34 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.24 m Freezing level: 628.72 mb = 3959.00 m = 12988.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.67 mb = 3628.11 m = 11903.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.90 mb = 814.24 m = 2671.35 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 25.45 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1492.13 m = 4895.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 422.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1646.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.89 mb = 1101.79 m = 3614.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.89 mb = 2068.65 m = 6786.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.89 mb = 11512.39 m = 37769.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1639.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.89 mb = 15306.08 m = 50216.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.52 Bulk Shear: 106.11 m/s