MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.71,-96.42 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -96.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 987 213 21.3 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 142 13 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.5 13.91 2 950 545 22.3 15.5 66 6.8 17.8 162 29 299.8 301.9 292.9 334.2 11.75 3 900 1015 21.0 13.1 61 7.9 15.8 185 36 303.2 305.1 293.0 334.6 10.59 4 850 1508 18.2 11.2 64 6.9 13.7 207 38 305.2 307.0 293.0 334.8 9.88 5 800 2025 14.3 9.1 71 5.1 11.1 223 35 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.9 9.13 6 750 2566 9.4 6.9 85 2.5 7.9 233 33 306.8 308.3 292.3 332.1 8.36 7 700 3135 5.4 3.3 86 2.1 4.2 238 35 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.8 6.96 8 650 3738 1.9 -0.2 86 2.1 0.8 241 39 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.1 5.80 9 600 4379 -2.1 -6.9 69 4.8 -4.3 241 41 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.79 10 550 5065 -6.0 -15.1 48 9.2 -9.3 239 38 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.1 2.14 11 500 5805 -10.5 -20.8 42 10.3 -13.6 241 36 320.2 320.5 290.3 325.2 1.45 12 450 6607 -16.3 -26.1 42 9.8 -18.7 243 39 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.3 1.01 13 400 7482 -22.3 -33.0 37 10.7 -24.2 236 47 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.1 0.59 14 350 8451 -28.0 -45.6 17 17.5 -29.9 241 57 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.19 15 300 9539 -36.3 -48.7 27 12.5 -37.2 238 56 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 16 250 10777 -45.6 -60.6 17 15.0 -46.1 244 62 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.5 0.04 17 200 12236 -53.6 -70.0 12 16.4 -53.9 257 48 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14044 -63.1 -77.3 13 14.2 -63.2 246 39 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16509 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 294 18 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.39 m Freezing level: 626.52 mb = 4038.83 m = 13250.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.25 mb = 3833.71 m = 12577.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.43 mb = 541.36 m = 1776.11 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.72 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.76 mb = 2228.81 m = 7312.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 300.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 177.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.77 mb = 1490.10 m = 4888.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.77 mb = 2939.53 m = 9644.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.77 mb = 8516.86 m = 27942.13 ft B at Equ Level: 298.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.77 mb = 11709.68 m = 38417.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 475.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 475.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 1.91 Bulk Shear: 156.81 m/s