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: 34.18,-95.87 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 981 196 26.0 20.6 72 5.5 22.1 196 19 300.8 303.7 296.0 346.9 15.71 2 950 482 24.2 18.2 69 6.1 20.0 200 37 301.8 304.3 295.0 342.8 13.94 3 900 953 20.3 16.3 78 4.0 17.6 206 43 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.2 13.10 4 850 1445 17.5 13.5 78 4.0 14.8 223 45 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.8 11.52 5 800 1961 14.3 9.4 73 4.9 11.3 235 47 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.30 6 750 2503 10.0 6.3 77 3.8 7.8 238 48 307.5 309.0 292.2 331.8 7.99 7 700 3073 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 236 47 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.6 6.80 8 650 3675 1.4 -2.1 77 3.5 -0.4 232 47 310.6 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.03 9 600 4314 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.4 230 48 312.7 313.2 289.1 321.1 2.60 10 550 4998 -7.3 -15.6 52 8.3 -10.2 236 52 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.3 2.07 11 500 5734 -11.9 -26.2 29 14.3 -15.5 240 58 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.7 0.90 12 450 6533 -16.3 -32.6 23 16.3 -19.6 240 69 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.55 13 400 7407 -23.2 -39.1 22 15.9 -25.5 242 63 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.0 0.32 14 350 8371 -29.3 -45.8 19 16.5 -31.0 249 73 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.18 15 300 9455 -36.9 -51.6 20 14.7 -37.9 259 78 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 16 250 10692 -45.4 -57.6 24 12.2 -45.9 252 46 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12148 -53.9 -64.1 28 10.2 -54.2 250 72 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 13985 -58.2 -79.2 5 20.9 -58.5 271 48 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16468 -66.3 -83.4 7 17.1 -66.4 261 35 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.81 m Freezing level: 633.86 mb = 3881.49 m = 12734.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.98 mb = 3625.60 m = 11894.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.36 mb = 891.38 m = 2924.44 ft T: 20.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 25.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1727.55 m = 5667.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 40.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1578.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.44 mb = 1299.99 m = 4265.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.44 mb = 2179.89 m = 7151.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.44 mb = 11251.71 m = 36914.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1578.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.44 mb = 14887.74 m = 48843.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 48.2 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 374.0 neg: -10.2 tot: 363.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.64 Bulk Rich Number: 17.22 Bulk Shear: 91.70 m/s