MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-94.45 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 999 123 25.1 17.1 61 8.0 19.6 219 3 298.3 300.6 292.9 334.2 12.34 2 950 571 26.6 15.2 50 11.4 18.9 230 14 304.2 306.3 294.0 338.6 11.53 3 900 1045 22.2 14.3 61 8.0 17.0 235 16 304.4 306.6 294.0 338.6 11.43 4 850 1539 17.7 13.1 75 4.5 14.7 241 17 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.2 11.25 5 800 2054 13.0 11.3 89 1.7 11.9 249 18 305.0 307.0 293.5 336.7 10.57 6 750 2594 9.3 5.6 78 3.7 7.2 259 20 306.7 308.1 291.7 329.9 7.65 7 700 3164 6.4 -7.6 36 14.0 0.1 279 21 309.6 310.1 288.5 319.3 3.08 8 650 3767 3.2 -14.3 26 17.5 -3.5 287 25 312.6 312.9 288.4 318.9 1.94 9 600 4411 -0.3 -19.9 21 19.6 -6.8 300 28 315.8 316.0 288.8 320.2 1.31 10 550 5101 -4.4 -22.8 22 18.4 -10.0 301 28 318.8 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.11 11 500 5845 -9.4 -25.5 26 16.1 -13.7 304 28 321.6 321.7 290.2 324.9 0.96 12 450 6649 -15.0 -32.1 22 17.0 -18.6 308 31 324.3 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.58 13 400 7529 -21.1 -40.2 16 19.1 -23.9 301 34 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.29 14 350 8499 -29.2 -42.1 28 12.9 -30.7 300 34 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.27 15 300 9579 -38.5 -46.9 41 8.4 -39.1 307 32 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10806 -48.0 -57.0 35 8.9 -48.4 303 30 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 17 200 12243 -56.4 -65.6 30 9.3 -56.5 300 48 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14045 -63.1 -77.1 13 14.0 -63.2 301 39 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16475 -70.8 -83.1 14 12.4 -70.8 292 22 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.98 m Freezing level: 604.07 mb = 4358.66 m = 14299.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.11 mb = 3185.47 m = 10450.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.35 mb = 1157.46 m = 3797.41 ft T: 21.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 19.65 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2099.04 m = 6886.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.66 mb = 1816.58 m = 5959.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.66 mb = 2508.89 m = 8231.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.66 mb = 11408.55 m = 37429.18 ft B at Equ Level: 573.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.66 mb = 13733.10 m = 45055.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.7 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 309.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 14.09 Bulk Shear: 41.47 m/s