MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 33.27,-95.80 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -95.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 998 162 32.2 17.2 41 15.1 21.8 159 7 305.6 307.9 295.0 342.8 12.44 2 950 597 25.9 16.2 55 9.8 19.3 160 8 303.5 305.7 294.3 339.9 12.25 3 900 1070 21.3 15.1 68 6.2 17.1 160 8 303.4 305.7 294.1 339.2 12.05 4 850 1562 16.7 13.7 82 3.0 14.7 159 8 303.7 305.8 293.9 338.4 11.68 5 800 2076 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.5 156 8 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.2 10.37 6 750 2616 9.8 4.4 69 5.3 6.7 185 6 307.2 308.5 291.3 328.6 7.03 7 700 3186 6.4 1.3 70 5.1 3.7 219 9 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.02 8 650 3792 4.2 -1.3 67 5.5 1.4 216 14 313.7 314.7 291.9 330.6 5.37 9 600 4440 1.2 -8.7 48 9.9 -3.2 212 16 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.2 3.29 10 550 5135 -2.0 -23.9 17 21.9 -8.7 211 13 321.7 321.9 290.3 325.2 1.01 11 500 5885 -7.3 -27.4 18 20.1 -12.7 220 16 324.1 324.3 290.9 327.0 0.81 12 450 6697 -12.2 -43.9 5 31.8 -17.4 235 20 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.17 13 400 7587 -18.0 -52.4 3 34.4 -22.1 238 20 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 14 350 8572 -24.7 -53.2 5 28.4 -27.5 241 28 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 15 300 9672 -34.0 -56.7 8 22.7 -35.5 255 35 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 16 250 10921 -43.4 -56.8 21 13.4 -44.0 263 42 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.07 17 200 12390 -53.3 -68.6 14 15.3 -53.6 274 51 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14186 -66.3 -74.5 31 8.2 -66.4 278 50 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16585 -72.4 -82.7 20 10.3 -72.4 246 27 387.9 387.9 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.48 m Freezing level: 581.48 mb = 4697.36 m = 15411.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.04 mb = 3980.27 m = 13058.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.29 mb = 2051.74 m = 6731.36 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1903.95 m = 6246.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.00 C K Index: 32.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.17 mb = 1885.64 m = 6186.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.17 mb = 1937.58 m = 6356.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 563.17 mb = 4946.20 m = 16227.49 ft B at Equ Level: 84.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.17 mb = 11668.40 m = 38281.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -2.3 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.54 Bulk Shear: 7.00 m/s