MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-96.66 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 987 203 35.7 11.6 23 24.1 19.9 217 9 310.0 311.6 293.5 336.7 8.74 2 950 548 30.9 10.8 29 20.1 17.9 229 11 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.57 3 900 1028 26.2 9.9 36 16.3 15.8 242 12 308.5 310.1 292.9 334.5 8.52 4 850 1527 21.5 8.9 45 12.6 13.6 253 12 308.6 310.2 292.9 334.4 8.45 5 800 2049 17.0 7.2 52 9.9 11.0 264 13 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.96 6 750 2595 12.5 5.4 62 7.1 8.3 271 15 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.4 7.54 7 700 3170 8.5 1.7 62 6.8 4.8 272 14 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.3 6.21 8 650 3778 3.7 -3.2 60 6.9 0.3 288 15 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.8 4.64 9 600 4422 -2.0 -6.7 70 4.7 -4.1 291 18 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.1 3.86 10 550 5107 -6.7 -21.7 29 15.1 -11.2 297 20 316.2 316.4 288.8 320.3 1.22 11 500 5846 -9.9 -34.7 11 24.8 -15.0 295 25 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.5 0.40 12 450 6651 -14.7 -37.6 12 22.9 -18.8 289 26 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.0 0.33 13 400 7532 -20.6 -41.0 14 20.4 -23.7 277 35 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.26 14 350 8505 -28.1 -47.2 14 19.1 -30.0 274 40 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.16 15 300 9591 -36.7 -51.2 21 14.5 -37.7 276 46 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 16 250 10825 -46.9 -57.2 30 10.3 -47.3 279 49 336.3 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12276 -54.9 -67.6 19 12.8 -55.1 280 48 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14076 -63.5 -76.3 16 12.8 -63.7 274 44 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16517 -70.1 -82.7 14 12.6 -70.2 276 28 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.64 m Freezing level: 617.57 mb = 4195.60 m = 13764.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.11 mb = 3813.92 m = 12512.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.98 % Est. max temperature: 34.55 C = 94.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.78 mb = 3196.39 m = 10486.72 ft T: 8.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.53 mb = 3535.28 m = 11598.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.40 C = 101.13 F Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.35 C Cross Totals Index: 18.77 C K Index: 33.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 101.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.43 mb = 3094.10 m = 10151.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.43 mb = 4011.17 m = 13159.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.43 mb = 8889.08 m = 29163.28 ft B at Equ Level: 154.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.43 mb = 11614.41 m = 38104.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.22 Bulk Shear: 21.37 m/s