MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.38,-96.31 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -96.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 984 201 28.0 18.5 56 9.5 21.3 219 15 302.5 305.1 295.1 343.1 13.72 2 950 509 24.4 17.0 63 7.4 19.3 222 22 301.9 304.3 294.3 340.0 12.90 3 900 980 20.0 15.7 76 4.3 17.1 226 24 302.1 304.4 294.1 339.2 12.57 4 850 1471 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.5 230 24 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.5 11.70 5 800 1985 13.5 9.4 76 4.1 11.0 231 27 305.6 307.3 292.7 333.6 9.31 6 750 2527 10.8 7.8 81 3.1 9.0 228 33 308.3 310.0 293.2 335.3 8.87 7 700 3100 7.3 5.7 90 1.6 6.3 230 39 310.6 312.1 293.3 336.0 8.26 8 650 3706 2.9 1.5 91 1.4 2.1 233 46 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.7 6.58 9 600 4349 -2.0 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.5 232 51 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.0 5.13 10 550 5036 -6.4 -8.7 84 2.3 -7.4 236 54 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.1 3.60 11 500 5773 -12.1 -14.3 84 2.2 -12.9 237 56 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.6 2.52 12 450 6571 -17.0 -23.5 57 6.5 -18.7 237 56 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.3 1.28 13 400 7446 -21.2 -35.1 28 13.9 -23.7 247 58 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.2 0.48 14 350 8420 -27.1 -49.0 11 21.9 -29.3 256 64 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 15 300 9516 -33.1 -61.6 4 28.5 -34.7 271 59 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 16 250 10774 -42.7 -63.1 9 20.5 -43.5 252 56 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12249 -50.4 -72.3 6 21.8 -50.9 265 68 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.4 -62.4 264 54 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16508 -71.4 -83.6 15 12.2 -71.5 264 35 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.34 m Freezing level: 620.43 mb = 4086.40 m = 13406.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.00 mb = 3995.53 m = 13108.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.88 mb = 1401.59 m = 4598.34 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1727.84 m = 5668.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.04 C Cross Totals Index: 25.84 C K Index: 40.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 762.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.48 mb = 1475.95 m = 4842.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.48 mb = 2814.35 m = 9233.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.48 mb = 9411.07 m = 30875.83 ft B at Equ Level: 757.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.48 mb = 13116.84 m = 43033.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 13.70 Bulk Shear: 55.69 m/s