MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-97.21 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 987 253 23.1 17.2 69 5.9 19.1 188 15 297.4 299.7 292.8 334.0 12.63 2 950 583 19.6 16.0 80 3.6 17.2 192 23 297.1 299.3 292.3 332.1 12.12 3 900 1048 19.0 12.9 68 6.1 15.1 206 34 301.0 303.0 292.2 331.8 10.45 4 850 1538 16.9 12.0 73 4.8 13.7 209 30 303.8 305.7 293.0 334.9 10.43 5 800 2054 14.1 10.5 79 3.5 11.8 216 23 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.3 10.03 6 750 2596 10.8 7.2 78 3.6 8.6 237 19 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.3 8.51 7 700 3168 7.0 1.5 68 5.5 4.0 259 18 310.3 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.11 8 650 3774 3.4 -5.7 51 9.1 -0.9 272 21 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.0 3.84 9 600 4418 -0.9 -11.4 45 10.5 -5.2 275 24 315.0 315.6 289.9 323.7 2.67 10 550 5107 -5.3 -15.6 44 10.3 -9.0 272 26 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.7 2.07 11 500 5848 -9.9 -20.0 43 10.1 -13.1 276 27 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.56 12 450 6652 -15.7 -24.1 49 8.4 -17.9 277 34 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.7 1.21 13 400 7528 -22.2 -28.7 56 6.4 -23.6 275 43 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.3 0.89 14 350 8495 -29.3 -32.9 71 3.6 -29.9 274 55 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.8 0.69 15 300 9579 -37.2 -38.2 90 1.0 -37.3 269 63 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.47 16 250 10811 -47.2 -48.8 83 1.6 -47.3 275 72 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.18 17 200 12252 -57.7 -63.1 50 5.5 -57.8 281 69 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 14036 -63.5 -75.4 18 12.0 -63.6 280 41 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16478 -68.4 -83.0 10 14.7 -68.4 276 30 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.96 m Freezing level: 610.72 mb = 4280.03 m = 14041.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.83 mb = 3663.72 m = 12019.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.86 mb = 1001.76 m = 3286.58 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 12.57 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.97 mb = 2397.23 m = 7864.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 33.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 297.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.31 mb = 1335.83 m = 4382.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 475.31 mb = 6234.42 m = 20453.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.31 mb = 8386.12 m = 27513.18 ft B at Equ Level: 39.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.31 mb = 9685.24 m = 31775.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.9 neg: -21.9 tot: 129.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 57.92 m/s