MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.48,-94.09 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 997 97 31.4 17.5 43 14.0 21.7 198 11 304.8 307.2 295.0 342.8 12.69 2 950 524 25.1 16.3 58 8.7 19.1 202 16 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.3 12.39 3 900 995 20.5 15.5 73 5.1 17.1 205 17 302.7 304.9 294.1 339.3 12.36 4 850 1486 16.1 14.5 91 1.5 15.1 208 17 303.0 305.3 294.2 339.6 12.33 5 800 1999 12.3 11.5 95 0.8 11.8 212 18 304.2 306.2 293.4 336.3 10.73 6 750 2540 10.0 7.7 85 2.4 8.6 216 19 307.5 309.1 292.9 334.2 8.81 7 700 3112 7.0 2.4 72 4.7 4.5 217 21 310.3 311.5 291.8 330.4 6.50 8 650 3718 4.1 -2.6 62 6.7 0.7 217 26 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.9 4.85 9 600 4365 0.0 -6.4 62 6.4 -3.0 217 32 316.1 316.9 291.4 328.8 3.94 10 550 5056 -5.1 -9.7 70 4.7 -7.0 220 36 318.1 318.7 291.4 328.9 3.33 11 500 5797 -10.3 -16.1 63 5.8 -12.3 221 40 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.8 2.19 12 450 6603 -13.6 -27.0 32 13.3 -17.0 225 42 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.93 13 400 7489 -19.5 -39.6 15 20.1 -22.7 231 49 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.8 0.31 14 350 8466 -26.9 -38.6 32 11.7 -28.5 238 58 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.0 0.39 15 300 9558 -35.7 -38.9 72 3.3 -36.0 243 64 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.44 16 250 10798 -45.3 -46.7 86 1.4 -45.4 246 70 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.23 17 200 12260 -52.1 -66.3 17 14.2 -52.5 249 77 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14078 -62.9 -77.9 12 15.0 -63.0 250 67 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16506 -70.6 -83.1 14 12.6 -70.6 255 39 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.65 m Freezing level: 599.77 mb = 4368.08 m = 14330.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.86 mb = 3832.70 m = 12574.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 814.50 mb = 1847.53 m = 6061.37 ft T: 13.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 10.73 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.29 mb = 1736.09 m = 5695.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 548.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.97 mb = 1678.03 m = 5505.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.97 mb = 1832.18 m = 6011.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.97 mb = 10904.78 m = 35776.40 ft B at Equ Level: 545.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.97 mb = 13068.74 m = 42875.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 27.90 Bulk Shear: 19.68 m/s