MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.55,-95.17 Latitude: 33.55 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 993 126 29.2 20.1 58 9.1 22.7 207 12 302.9 305.7 296.1 347.6 15.07 2 950 518 24.5 18.0 67 6.6 20.0 208 20 302.1 304.6 295.0 342.7 13.77 3 900 989 20.1 16.9 81 3.3 17.9 209 21 302.3 304.7 294.8 342.3 13.55 4 850 1480 16.0 15.4 96 0.6 15.6 209 21 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.6 13.07 5 800 1994 13.9 10.5 80 3.4 11.7 210 22 305.9 307.8 293.3 336.0 10.01 6 750 2537 10.7 6.4 75 4.3 8.2 209 22 308.2 309.7 292.4 332.8 8.06 7 700 3109 7.5 1.7 66 5.9 4.3 211 22 310.8 312.0 291.7 329.9 6.17 8 650 3716 4.1 -2.8 61 6.9 0.6 217 26 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.7 4.78 9 600 4362 -0.5 -5.2 70 4.7 -2.7 220 33 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.5 4.34 10 550 5052 -5.4 -8.3 80 2.9 -6.7 221 39 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.8 3.72 11 500 5793 -10.0 -14.6 69 4.6 -11.6 222 42 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.1 2.47 12 450 6600 -14.0 -26.1 35 12.1 -17.1 225 43 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.3 1.01 13 400 7484 -19.5 -31.3 34 11.8 -22.0 232 52 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.70 14 350 8462 -26.7 -35.0 45 8.3 -28.0 237 60 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.9 0.56 15 300 9554 -35.6 -40.0 64 4.4 -36.1 242 66 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.39 16 250 10795 -45.1 -49.4 62 4.3 -45.3 245 70 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.17 17 200 12257 -52.2 -63.8 24 11.5 -52.5 249 76 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14070 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.1 244 68 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.8 -83.1 15 12.2 -70.9 257 41 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.76 m Freezing level: 605.09 mb = 4296.16 m = 14094.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3831.40 m = 12570.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.48 mb = 1275.69 m = 4185.27 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 18.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.64 mb = 1413.30 m = 4636.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -4.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.40 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1055.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.09 mb = 1348.86 m = 4425.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.09 mb = 1499.21 m = 4918.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.09 mb = 11395.70 m = 37387.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1048.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.09 mb = 14566.57 m = 47790.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 66.08 Bulk Shear: 15.97 m/s