MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-94.85 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -94.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 990 157 29.0 20.0 58 9.0 22.5 209 11 303.0 305.7 296.0 347.4 14.99 2 950 521 24.0 18.6 72 5.4 20.2 212 22 301.5 304.2 295.2 343.8 14.34 3 900 991 19.7 17.6 87 2.1 18.2 215 23 301.8 304.4 295.2 343.6 14.17 4 850 1482 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.3 223 26 302.8 305.2 294.4 340.5 12.72 5 800 1998 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.2 233 32 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.2 9.12 6 750 2540 10.1 5.1 71 4.9 7.2 234 31 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.0 7.38 7 700 3109 5.5 -0.3 66 5.8 2.5 235 32 308.5 309.6 290.3 325.1 5.35 8 650 3710 0.9 -6.2 59 7.1 -2.3 244 33 310.0 310.7 289.2 321.6 3.70 9 600 4348 -3.0 -16.7 34 13.7 -7.7 250 36 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.3 1.72 10 550 5032 -7.0 -19.3 37 12.3 -10.9 256 38 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.9 1.51 11 500 5768 -12.3 -19.2 56 6.9 -14.4 260 42 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.7 1.67 12 450 6564 -17.4 -38.5 14 21.2 -20.8 269 48 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.30 13 400 7438 -22.9 -50.0 7 27.0 -25.8 267 55 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.10 14 350 8400 -30.8 -37.3 53 6.6 -31.6 264 60 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.9 0.44 15 300 9475 -39.5 -44.8 57 5.3 -39.9 262 61 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 16 250 10695 -49.7 -50.7 89 1.0 -49.8 273 69 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.15 17 200 12125 -56.8 -64.2 38 7.5 -56.9 260 72 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 18 150 13955 -58.5 -79.6 5 21.2 -58.7 286 67 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.6 -83.4 9 15.7 -67.7 274 35 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.65 m Freezing level: 638.77 mb = 3853.62 m = 12642.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.18 mb = 3414.06 m = 11200.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.02 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.06 mb = 1291.53 m = 4237.27 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 29.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1315.80 m = 4316.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.51 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 27.30 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 502.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2400.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.22 mb = 1240.75 m = 4070.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.22 mb = 1389.23 m = 4557.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.22 mb = 1795.87 m = 5891.90 ft B at Equ Level: 5.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.22 mb = 15903.85 m = 52177.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 140.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 49.22 Bulk Shear: 48.76 m/s