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: 35.04,-95.64 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 979 235 25.7 21.0 75 4.7 22.3 181 14 300.7 303.6 296.3 348.2 16.21 2 950 494 22.6 19.0 80 3.6 20.1 185 29 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.2 14.73 3 900 963 19.4 16.6 84 2.9 17.5 197 35 301.5 304.0 294.5 340.8 13.32 4 850 1454 16.7 13.5 81 3.2 14.6 209 38 303.6 305.7 293.8 337.8 11.49 5 800 1970 14.0 10.1 78 3.8 11.6 215 40 306.0 307.9 293.2 335.5 9.77 6 750 2511 9.8 7.4 85 2.4 8.3 217 42 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.4 8.62 7 700 3081 5.6 3.3 85 2.3 4.3 223 44 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.0 6.96 8 650 3683 1.6 -2.9 72 4.5 -0.6 229 45 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.7 4.76 9 600 4324 -2.3 -9.2 59 7.0 -5.2 234 46 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.7 3.16 10 550 5009 -6.6 -12.9 61 6.3 -9.0 238 47 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.6 2.57 11 500 5747 -11.1 -17.8 58 6.7 -13.3 237 52 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.8 1.88 12 450 6547 -16.4 -29.1 33 12.7 -19.2 239 57 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.3 0.77 13 400 7422 -22.9 -32.4 42 9.5 -24.6 238 60 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.6 0.63 14 350 8385 -30.4 -40.0 39 9.5 -31.6 232 57 327.7 327.8 291.4 329.0 0.34 15 300 9461 -38.3 -48.2 35 9.9 -39.1 236 56 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.16 16 250 10695 -45.5 -56.6 27 11.2 -45.9 247 59 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.07 17 200 12153 -53.9 -62.4 35 8.5 -54.1 241 71 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 13979 -59.6 -79.1 6 19.5 -59.9 258 47 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16465 -65.8 -83.4 7 17.6 -66.0 252 36 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.91 m Freezing level: 629.17 mb = 3949.88 m = 12958.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.09 mb = 3607.28 m = 11834.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.36 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.65 mb = 823.12 m = 2700.48 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 24.55 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1456.03 m = 4776.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -5.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.90 C Showalter Index: -3.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 38.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1629.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.05 mb = 1126.44 m = 3695.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.05 mb = 2095.76 m = 6875.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.05 mb = 11295.29 m = 37057.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1627.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.05 mb = 14949.25 m = 49045.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.3 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 254.3 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 16.21 Bulk Shear: 100.49 m/s