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: 34.25,-95.87 Latitude: 34.25 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 31 SFC 980 206 25.7 20.5 73 5.2 22.0 196 19 300.5 303.4 295.8 346.5 15.66 2 950 480 24.1 18.1 69 6.0 19.9 200 37 301.7 304.2 295.0 342.6 13.89 3 900 952 20.4 16.2 77 4.2 17.5 207 43 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.0 12.98 4 850 1444 17.4 13.4 77 4.0 14.7 223 46 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.4 11.42 5 800 1960 14.1 9.5 74 4.6 11.3 235 48 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.4 9.37 6 750 2501 9.9 6.4 79 3.5 7.9 237 48 307.3 308.9 292.2 331.9 8.08 7 700 3071 5.6 3.2 84 2.4 4.2 236 48 308.7 309.9 291.6 329.7 6.88 8 650 3673 1.4 -1.9 79 3.3 -0.3 231 48 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.4 5.11 9 600 4312 -3.0 -11.1 53 8.2 -6.2 229 48 312.7 313.2 289.2 321.5 2.73 10 550 4996 -7.3 -15.3 53 7.9 -10.1 234 52 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.4 2.12 11 500 5731 -12.0 -24.8 34 12.8 -15.4 239 58 318.4 318.5 289.3 321.9 1.02 12 450 6530 -16.5 -31.0 27 14.5 -19.5 240 69 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.64 13 400 7403 -23.2 -37.5 26 14.3 -25.4 240 63 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.38 14 350 8368 -29.2 -44.5 21 15.3 -30.8 248 73 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 15 300 9452 -36.8 -50.6 23 13.8 -37.8 258 78 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10689 -45.3 -56.7 27 11.4 -45.7 250 45 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.07 17 200 12146 -54.0 -63.3 31 9.3 -54.2 249 71 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 13982 -58.2 -79.2 5 20.9 -58.5 270 48 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16467 -66.2 -83.4 7 17.2 -66.4 261 36 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.26 m Freezing level: 634.22 mb = 3874.92 m = 12712.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.03 mb = 3635.41 m = 11927.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.99 mb = 864.93 m = 2837.66 ft T: 21.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 24.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1726.21 m = 5663.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lifted Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 40.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 485.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1532.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.86 mb = 1314.54 m = 4312.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.86 mb = 2195.37 m = 7202.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.86 mb = 11294.61 m = 37055.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1526.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.86 mb = 14960.78 m = 49083.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.2 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 260.2 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 377.4 neg: -9.6 tot: 367.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.56 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 88.95 m/s