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: 33.64,-98.15 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -98.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 973 312 20.5 13.3 64 7.2 15.9 276 12 295.9 297.7 290.2 324.6 9.91 2 950 516 18.5 12.0 66 6.5 14.5 273 20 296.0 297.7 289.6 323.0 9.33 3 900 979 16.8 9.8 63 7.0 12.6 264 24 298.9 300.4 289.9 323.7 8.47 4 850 1464 14.0 8.1 67 6.0 10.5 252 22 300.8 302.3 290.1 324.5 7.98 5 800 1974 10.8 5.7 71 5.1 7.9 241 19 302.7 304.0 290.0 324.3 7.21 6 750 2509 7.8 3.6 75 4.2 5.5 227 23 305.1 306.3 290.3 325.1 6.64 7 700 3077 5.1 2.7 84 2.4 3.8 226 38 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.5 6.65 8 650 3678 0.6 -0.4 93 1.0 0.1 226 47 309.7 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.72 9 600 4317 -2.7 -3.9 92 1.2 -3.3 224 50 312.9 313.9 291.2 328.0 4.78 10 550 5003 -6.4 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 223 52 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.07 11 500 5743 -10.1 -10.7 96 0.5 -10.4 222 56 320.7 321.3 292.2 331.8 3.39 12 450 6547 -15.3 -15.6 97 0.3 -15.4 220 60 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.52 13 400 7426 -21.2 -21.4 98 0.2 -21.2 218 62 327.4 327.8 292.6 333.4 1.72 14 350 8398 -27.9 -28.5 95 0.6 -28.0 214 63 331.1 331.3 293.0 334.8 1.04 15 300 9487 -35.6 -39.7 66 4.0 -36.1 219 70 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.40 16 250 10740 -40.3 -68.6 3 28.3 -41.3 253 64 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 17 200 12227 -51.5 -70.5 9 18.9 -51.9 262 69 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14051 -61.3 -77.7 10 16.5 -61.4 271 51 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16497 -71.5 -83.6 15 12.1 -71.6 262 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.86 m Freezing level: 640.76 mb = 3796.08 m = 12454.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.85 mb = 3692.07 m = 12112.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.33 C = 79.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.10 mb = 1217.13 m = 3993.16 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 1.59 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.00 mb = 2509.45 m = 8233.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 29.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7871.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.22 mb = 1631.81 m = 5353.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: -13.4 tot: 91.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 100.51 m/s