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: 35.12,-95.63 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 229 25.2 20.8 76 4.4 22.1 181 15 300.2 303.1 296.0 347.1 16.01 2 950 493 22.5 18.9 80 3.6 20.1 185 29 300.1 302.7 295.0 342.9 14.65 3 900 962 19.4 16.6 84 2.8 17.5 196 35 301.5 303.9 294.5 340.7 13.30 4 850 1453 16.6 13.5 82 3.0 14.6 209 39 303.5 305.7 293.8 337.9 11.55 5 800 1968 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 216 41 306.0 307.8 293.2 335.3 9.74 6 750 2510 9.9 7.2 83 2.7 8.2 218 42 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.1 8.52 7 700 3080 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.2 223 44 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.7 6.84 8 650 3682 1.6 -3.2 70 4.8 -0.7 228 45 310.8 311.7 290.4 325.4 4.66 9 600 4322 -2.3 -9.6 57 7.3 -5.3 233 45 313.5 314.0 289.8 323.4 3.08 10 550 5007 -6.6 -13.4 59 6.8 -9.1 236 47 316.3 316.7 290.1 324.4 2.48 11 500 5746 -11.1 -17.8 58 6.7 -13.3 236 52 319.4 319.8 290.5 325.8 1.88 12 450 6546 -16.5 -29.3 32 12.8 -19.3 238 57 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.2 0.75 13 400 7420 -22.9 -32.6 41 9.7 -24.7 236 61 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.62 14 350 8383 -30.5 -40.0 39 9.5 -31.6 230 58 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 15 300 9459 -38.3 -48.7 33 10.4 -39.1 234 57 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10693 -45.4 -56.9 26 11.5 -45.9 245 58 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12150 -53.9 -63.0 32 9.1 -54.1 240 71 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 13977 -59.6 -79.1 6 19.5 -59.8 258 47 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16464 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.7 -65.8 252 37 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.03 m Freezing level: 629.32 mb = 3946.76 m = 12948.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.03 mb = 3594.46 m = 11792.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.05 mb = 790.04 m = 2591.95 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 23.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1445.15 m = 4741.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1588.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.94 mb = 1116.88 m = 3664.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.94 mb = 2192.13 m = 7191.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.94 mb = 11267.41 m = 36966.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1584.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.94 mb = 14904.77 m = 48899.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 331.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.92 Bulk Rich Number: 16.18 Bulk Shear: 98.21 m/s