MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.10,-99.68 Latitude: 33.10 Longitude: -99.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 951 473 32.8 13.1 30 19.6 19.6 195 13 310.3 312.2 294.6 341.0 10.02 2 950 485 31.6 13.0 32 18.5 19.2 196 14 309.2 311.1 294.2 339.6 9.96 3 900 966 26.4 12.1 41 14.2 17.0 198 17 308.7 310.5 294.0 338.9 9.92 4 850 1466 21.5 11.3 52 10.2 14.9 201 18 308.7 310.6 294.0 338.9 9.93 5 800 1987 16.6 10.3 67 6.3 12.6 203 17 308.8 310.7 294.1 339.0 9.91 6 750 2533 11.8 8.9 82 2.9 10.0 210 17 309.4 311.2 294.0 338.6 9.56 7 700 3109 9.4 3.3 66 6.1 5.9 235 19 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.6 6.96 8 650 3719 4.7 -1.6 63 6.3 1.4 243 24 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.9 5.23 9 600 4367 0.5 -7.1 57 7.6 -3.0 240 26 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.8 3.74 10 550 5059 -4.1 -12.6 51 8.5 -7.5 239 29 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.0 2.64 11 500 5804 -9.2 -17.1 53 7.9 -11.9 241 31 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.6 2.01 12 450 6611 -14.2 -29.8 25 15.6 -17.7 245 33 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.72 13 400 7493 -20.2 -45.1 9 24.9 -23.5 252 38 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 14 350 8468 -27.5 -53.9 6 26.4 -29.7 252 39 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 15 300 9557 -35.8 -54.6 13 18.9 -37.0 254 43 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 16 250 10800 -44.7 -59.7 17 15.0 -45.3 251 47 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12265 -52.5 -69.8 11 17.3 -52.8 252 52 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14081 -62.7 -78.3 11 15.5 -62.9 253 52 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16504 -72.7 -82.9 20 10.2 -72.8 236 34 387.2 387.2 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.17 m Freezing level: 594.63 mb = 4441.22 m = 14570.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.78 mb = 3923.60 m = 12872.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.68 mb = 2924.10 m = 9593.38 ft T: 10.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.98 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.74 mb = 3278.48 m = 10756.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.69 C = 96.24 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 357.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.28 mb = 2766.77 m = 9077.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.28 mb = 4045.71 m = 13273.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.28 mb = 10421.38 m = 34190.45 ft B at Equ Level: 353.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.28 mb = 12447.82 m = 40838.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 15.21 Bulk Shear: 23.50 m/s