MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 33.10,-95.16 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 128 26.6 17.6 58 8.9 20.5 74 9 299.7 302.0 293.6 337.1 12.79 1 1000 129 26.3 17.3 58 9.0 20.1 74 9 299.4 301.7 293.3 335.9 12.48 2 950 578 22.0 15.7 67 6.3 17.8 75 15 299.5 301.7 292.9 334.2 11.86 3 900 1045 17.7 14.6 82 3.0 15.7 76 14 299.7 301.8 292.8 334.0 11.71 4 850 1532 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 77 13 300.5 302.5 292.7 333.6 11.28 5 800 2041 10.9 9.6 92 1.3 10.1 81 14 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.9 9.45 6 750 2578 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 85 14 305.9 307.4 291.8 330.4 8.09 7 700 3147 5.8 3.2 83 2.6 4.4 76 12 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.1 6.90 8 650 3751 2.7 -1.2 75 3.9 0.7 54 9 312.0 313.1 291.4 328.9 5.40 9 600 4395 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.2 -4.3 27 6 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.8 3.25 10 550 5085 -4.6 -18.0 34 13.4 -9.2 345 6 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.68 11 500 5828 -9.1 -23.9 29 14.8 -13.3 305 5 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.8 1.11 12 450 6636 -13.8 -35.0 15 21.3 -18.0 317 7 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.43 13 400 7520 -20.2 -48.4 6 28.3 -23.6 290 11 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.12 14 350 8493 -28.1 -54.8 6 26.6 -30.3 286 13 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.1 0.06 15 300 9577 -37.4 -54.3 15 16.9 -38.4 262 16 332.6 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 16 250 10815 -44.3 -62.4 12 18.1 -44.9 256 18 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12288 -51.3 -71.7 7 20.4 -51.7 257 26 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14113 -61.8 -78.4 9 16.6 -61.9 255 21 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16555 -70.1 -82.7 14 12.6 -70.2 241 21 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.73 m Freezing level: 610.42 mb = 4260.74 m = 13978.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.74 mb = 3841.31 m = 12602.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.10 mb = 1254.87 m = 4116.97 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1465.38 m = 4807.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: 0.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 33.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.06 mb = 1362.45 m = 4469.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.06 mb = 1610.40 m = 5283.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.06 mb = 5796.35 m = 19016.67 ft B at Equ Level: 16.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 432.06 mb = 6941.35 m = 22773.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 93.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.51 Bulk Shear: 1.33 m/s