MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.70,-94.34 Latitude: 33.70 Longitude: -94.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 993 118 28.4 20.6 63 7.8 22.8 219 12 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.2 15.57 2 950 510 25.2 17.9 64 7.4 20.1 222 24 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.2 13.67 3 900 982 20.9 16.4 76 4.5 17.8 224 25 303.0 305.4 294.8 341.9 13.13 4 850 1474 16.8 14.5 86 2.4 15.3 228 25 303.8 306.1 294.4 340.3 12.27 5 800 1990 13.6 11.0 85 2.5 12.0 233 26 305.6 307.6 293.5 336.8 10.39 6 750 2531 10.2 4.4 67 5.8 6.9 239 29 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.02 7 700 3101 6.1 -1.9 56 8.0 2.1 244 32 309.2 310.1 290.0 324.0 4.74 8 650 3703 1.8 -8.1 48 9.9 -2.6 250 34 311.0 311.6 289.0 321.1 3.18 9 600 4343 -2.4 -11.9 48 9.5 -6.1 260 36 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.6 2.56 10 550 5028 -6.5 -16.6 45 10.1 -10.0 267 37 316.4 316.7 289.6 322.7 1.89 11 500 5766 -11.5 -24.6 33 13.1 -15.0 283 39 319.0 319.2 289.6 322.6 1.04 12 450 6564 -17.1 -28.6 36 11.6 -19.6 275 50 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.6 0.80 13 400 7436 -23.8 -27.3 72 3.5 -24.5 269 56 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.02 14 350 8396 -31.0 -31.6 94 0.6 -31.1 270 66 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.7 0.77 15 300 9470 -39.3 -42.0 76 2.7 -39.6 262 66 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.32 16 250 10695 -47.2 -54.4 44 7.2 -47.6 263 66 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12149 -54.0 -62.4 35 8.3 -54.2 253 75 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.4 0.04 18 150 13965 -60.7 -78.4 8 17.6 -60.9 285 76 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16440 -66.6 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 274 34 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.80 m Freezing level: 628.93 mb = 3972.80 m = 13033.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.63 mb = 3364.67 m = 11038.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.33 mb = 1113.92 m = 3654.54 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 27.09 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1584.36 m = 5197.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -4.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.35 C Cross Totals Index: 25.95 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 495.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2040.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.81 mb = 1405.56 m = 4611.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.81 mb = 1864.96 m = 6118.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.81 mb = 11774.95 m = 38631.24 ft B at Equ Level: 2031.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.81 mb = 15758.69 m = 51701.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 49.12 Bulk Shear: 41.53 m/s