MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-95.71 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 985 170 26.2 20.9 73 5.3 22.4 198 18 300.6 303.5 296.1 347.5 15.96 2 950 487 24.0 18.4 71 5.6 20.1 203 35 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.1 14.12 3 900 958 19.9 16.7 82 3.1 17.7 208 42 302.0 304.4 294.7 341.6 13.42 4 850 1450 17.2 13.8 81 3.4 15.0 221 45 304.2 306.3 294.1 339.3 11.78 5 800 1966 14.3 9.6 73 4.7 11.3 231 46 306.4 308.1 293.0 334.8 9.42 6 750 2508 10.0 6.8 80 3.3 8.1 233 46 307.5 309.0 292.4 332.6 8.27 7 700 3078 5.8 4.1 88 1.8 4.8 232 46 308.9 310.3 292.1 331.4 7.33 8 650 3681 1.7 -0.6 85 2.3 0.5 232 46 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.4 5.64 9 600 4320 -3.1 -12.6 48 9.5 -6.8 233 48 312.5 312.9 288.8 320.3 2.41 10 550 5004 -7.2 -16.0 49 8.8 -10.2 239 52 315.6 315.9 289.4 322.1 1.99 11 500 5740 -11.5 -29.3 21 17.9 -15.6 243 58 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.67 12 450 6541 -15.8 -37.4 14 21.6 -19.6 242 70 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.34 13 400 7416 -23.0 -43.8 13 20.8 -25.6 246 63 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.8 0.20 14 350 8380 -29.4 -49.4 13 19.9 -31.2 250 71 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.12 15 300 9464 -37.0 -54.4 15 17.4 -38.1 261 75 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 16 250 10701 -45.6 -59.4 20 13.8 -46.2 254 45 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12154 -53.9 -66.3 20 12.5 -54.1 251 72 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 13992 -58.6 -79.0 6 20.5 -58.8 272 47 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16472 -66.4 -83.4 7 17.0 -66.5 261 35 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.86 m Freezing level: 632.77 mb = 3901.39 m = 12799.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.64 mb = 3722.45 m = 12212.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.85 mb = 844.25 m = 2769.83 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 27.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1607.71 m = 5274.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 40.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 484.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1637.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.99 mb = 1210.40 m = 3971.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.99 mb = 2189.27 m = 7182.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.99 mb = 11563.43 m = 37937.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1628.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.99 mb = 14914.73 m = 48932.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 333.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.39 Bulk Rich Number: 19.25 Bulk Shear: 85.08 m/s