MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510111200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 34.8,-94.8 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -94.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 973 280 26.9 22.1 75 4.8 23.4 179 6 302.4 305.6 297.5 354.0 17.44 2 950 494 25.8 19.8 70 6.0 21.5 193 16 303.4 306.2 296.5 349.4 15.50 3 900 969 23.1 17.6 71 5.6 19.2 211 28 305.3 308.0 296.1 347.7 14.17 4 850 1466 19.8 15.4 76 4.4 16.8 222 36 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.1 13.05 5 800 1986 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.2 230 39 307.6 309.9 295.5 344.8 12.34 6 750 2531 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.2 238 40 309.2 311.3 295.0 342.8 11.04 7 700 3106 8.7 5.1 78 3.6 6.6 246 44 312.1 313.6 293.4 336.6 7.91 8 650 3715 4.8 -7.2 41 12.0 -0.7 254 44 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.42 9 600 4364 2.4 -21.8 15 24.2 -5.6 260 37 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.12 10 550 5062 -1.3 -27.9 11 26.6 -8.8 267 35 322.5 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.70 11 500 5813 -7.0 -33.6 10 26.6 -13.2 267 35 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.1 0.45 12 450 6624 -13.8 -36.5 13 22.7 -18.1 270 36 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.37 13 400 7505 -21.0 -40.8 15 19.8 -23.9 277 40 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.27 14 350 8476 -28.8 -44.9 20 16.1 -30.5 288 45 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.20 15 300 9560 -37.0 -52.0 20 15.0 -38.0 277 45 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10793 -46.8 -58.5 25 11.7 -47.2 283 56 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12241 -55.9 -65.3 30 9.5 -56.1 288 53 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 14027 -65.7 -74.3 29 8.6 -65.7 287 52 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16455 -69.5 -83.5 11 14.0 -69.6 291 35 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.25 m Freezing level: 567.51 mb = 4817.81 m = 15806.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.88 mb = 3653.89 m = 11987.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.83 mb = 892.52 m = 2928.19 ft T: 23.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 31.22 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1813.59 m = 5950.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.83 C = 89.29 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2053.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.97 mb = 1455.83 m = 4776.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.97 mb = 2135.09 m = 7004.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.97 mb = 13035.56 m = 42767.07 ft B at Equ Level: 2041.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 401.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.26 Bulk Rich Number: 19.09 Bulk Shear: 107.56 m/s