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,-96.03 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 981 197 26.6 20.4 69 6.2 22.2 196 20 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.1 15.52 2 950 479 24.6 18.0 67 6.6 20.0 200 37 302.1 304.7 295.0 342.8 13.77 3 900 951 20.7 16.1 75 4.6 17.6 207 43 302.9 305.3 294.6 341.1 12.90 4 850 1443 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.8 226 44 304.8 306.9 294.0 338.6 11.29 5 800 1960 14.4 8.9 69 5.6 11.0 240 48 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.6 8.97 6 750 2502 10.1 5.5 73 4.6 7.4 242 48 307.5 308.9 291.9 330.5 7.56 7 700 3072 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.5 239 48 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.9 6.26 8 650 3673 1.2 -3.4 71 4.6 -1.0 232 48 310.3 311.2 290.2 324.7 4.58 9 600 4312 -2.8 -12.2 48 9.4 -6.4 230 48 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.50 10 550 4996 -7.3 -16.1 49 8.9 -10.3 235 53 315.5 315.8 289.3 322.0 1.97 11 500 5732 -12.0 -26.4 29 14.4 -15.6 239 59 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.88 12 450 6530 -16.5 -32.2 24 15.7 -19.7 239 69 322.4 322.6 290.1 324.5 0.57 13 400 7403 -23.4 -38.6 24 15.2 -25.6 242 63 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.9 0.34 14 350 8367 -29.3 -45.6 19 16.4 -30.9 249 75 329.3 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.18 15 300 9451 -37.0 -51.6 20 14.7 -37.9 258 80 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10688 -45.4 -58.0 23 12.6 -45.9 254 49 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12144 -53.7 -64.1 27 10.4 -54.0 251 74 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 13983 -57.9 -79.4 5 21.4 -58.2 272 48 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16468 -66.3 -83.4 7 17.1 -66.4 262 35 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.01 m Freezing level: 634.71 mb = 3868.53 m = 12691.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.32 mb = 3532.93 m = 11590.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.22 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.92 mb = 989.71 m = 3247.04 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 26.05 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.70 mb = 1825.90 m = 5990.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 25.25 C K Index: 39.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 483.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1579.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.15 mb = 1381.33 m = 4531.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.15 mb = 2268.48 m = 7442.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.15 mb = 11199.53 m = 36743.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1578.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.15 mb = 14806.42 m = 48576.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 375.6 neg: -15.1 tot: 360.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.66 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 96.21 m/s