MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 6Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-96.11 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 990 194 19.9 18.6 92 1.4 19.0 130 12 293.9 296.4 292.6 333.1 13.73 2 950 551 19.8 16.5 81 3.4 17.6 165 29 297.3 299.6 292.6 333.5 12.49 3 900 1018 19.0 14.4 75 4.6 16.0 193 38 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.9 11.51 4 850 1509 17.2 11.1 67 6.1 13.3 215 38 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.4 9.80 5 800 2023 13.5 7.2 66 6.3 9.7 227 36 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.6 7.97 6 750 2563 9.6 1.8 58 7.8 5.4 244 31 307.0 308.0 290.2 324.7 5.81 7 700 3132 5.2 -1.9 60 7.1 1.7 249 35 308.3 309.1 289.7 323.0 4.76 8 650 3733 1.5 -3.6 69 5.1 -0.9 240 40 310.7 311.6 290.2 324.9 4.52 9 600 4374 -1.6 -10.8 49 9.2 -5.4 242 40 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.3 2.79 10 550 5061 -5.8 -18.0 38 12.2 -9.9 250 40 317.1 317.5 289.6 322.8 1.68 11 500 5801 -10.2 -24.1 31 13.9 -14.0 250 39 320.6 320.8 290.1 324.4 1.09 12 450 6604 -15.9 -32.2 23 16.3 -19.2 250 40 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.3 0.57 13 400 7480 -22.1 -37.2 24 15.1 -24.5 239 45 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.39 14 350 8450 -28.4 -45.4 18 17.0 -30.2 243 54 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.3 0.19 15 300 9536 -36.8 -51.0 22 14.2 -37.8 239 52 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10770 -46.3 -59.6 21 13.3 -46.7 243 55 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.05 17 200 12222 -54.9 -69.3 15 14.4 -55.1 253 52 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 14029 -61.9 -78.0 10 16.1 -62.1 256 49 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16507 -68.3 -83.3 10 15.0 -68.4 292 17 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.79 m Freezing level: 625.47 mb = 4047.47 m = 13278.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.80 mb = 3513.62 m = 11527.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.85 mb = 364.08 m = 1194.47 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.83 mb = 1993.34 m = 6539.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.57 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.80 mb = 1086.88 m = 3565.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.80 mb = 3040.25 m = 9974.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.80 mb = 8494.16 m = 27867.63 ft B at Equ Level: 202.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.80 mb = 11375.26 m = 37319.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 551.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 551.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 182.35 m/s