MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F345.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270600F345.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 345 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 11 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-96.82 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 988 201 22.6 20.6 88 2.0 21.2 215 8 296.8 299.6 294.8 341.9 15.61 2 950 539 19.7 19.6 99 0.1 19.6 215 15 297.2 299.9 294.7 341.4 15.30 3 900 1005 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.5 223 27 299.9 302.5 294.6 340.9 14.02 4 850 1494 15.5 14.4 94 1.0 14.8 226 30 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.25 5 800 2007 12.5 12.0 96 0.6 12.1 226 28 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.5 11.06 6 750 2547 9.8 9.4 98 0.4 9.6 225 25 307.2 309.1 293.6 337.3 9.95 7 700 3119 7.1 6.0 93 1.0 6.5 225 25 310.3 311.9 293.3 336.2 8.42 8 650 3727 4.2 2.8 91 1.3 3.4 224 29 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.3 7.24 9 600 4375 0.7 0.4 97 0.4 0.5 226 38 317.0 318.2 293.8 337.8 6.57 10 550 5071 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.3 236 44 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.3 5.81 11 500 5824 -5.9 -6.2 98 0.3 -6.0 242 45 325.9 326.8 294.8 341.8 4.82 12 450 6644 -10.2 -11.0 93 0.9 -10.6 253 41 330.4 331.2 295.0 342.9 3.66 13 400 7544 -15.4 -15.8 96 0.4 -15.5 252 47 335.0 335.6 295.4 344.8 2.79 14 350 8540 -22.0 -22.3 98 0.3 -22.1 251 51 339.1 339.5 295.7 345.7 1.83 15 300 9655 -30.3 -31.3 91 1.0 -30.5 255 52 342.6 342.8 295.8 346.1 0.93 16 250 10922 -41.3 -41.4 99 0.1 -41.3 262 55 344.7 344.8 295.8 346.3 0.41 17 200 12402 -51.7 -57.8 48 6.2 -51.9 263 65 350.9 350.9 296.9 351.2 0.08 18 150 14211 -65.0 -74.9 24 9.9 -65.1 264 53 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16582 -75.9 -82.6 34 6.8 -75.9 267 40 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.50 m Freezing level: 587.53 mb = 4548.54 m = 14922.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.47 mb = 4503.00 m = 14773.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.28 mb = 454.86 m = 1492.32 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 5.72 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 798.14 m = 2618.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.50 C = 76.11 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 1.47 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.10 mb = 730.88 m = 2397.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.10 mb = 1353.25 m = 4439.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.10 mb = 5452.49 m = 17888.53 ft B at Equ Level: 122.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 364.10 mb = 8245.07 m = 27050.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.8 neg: -17.2 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.67 Bulk Shear: 45.95 m/s