MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-94.96 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 996 117 25.2 20.2 74 5.0 21.7 194 11 298.7 301.4 295.0 342.6 15.10 2 950 533 20.2 19.2 94 1.0 19.5 200 20 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.7 14.86 3 900 1000 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.9 213 26 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.4 12.67 4 850 1491 17.1 13.1 77 4.0 14.5 214 22 304.1 306.1 293.7 337.4 11.20 5 800 2006 13.6 10.6 82 3.0 11.7 211 19 305.7 307.5 293.3 335.9 10.07 6 750 2547 10.2 7.2 81 3.0 8.3 213 18 307.6 309.2 292.6 333.5 8.50 7 700 3119 7.6 1.6 65 6.1 4.3 214 19 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.0 6.13 8 650 3727 4.7 -3.5 55 8.2 0.6 216 24 314.3 315.2 291.3 328.7 4.55 9 600 4375 0.5 -6.7 59 7.2 -2.9 215 28 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.1 3.86 10 550 5067 -4.7 -10.1 66 5.4 -7.0 216 32 318.5 319.1 291.4 329.0 3.22 11 500 5809 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.1 -12.4 219 34 320.4 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.12 12 450 6615 -13.9 -29.1 27 15.1 -17.5 233 36 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.5 0.77 13 400 7500 -19.3 -39.0 16 19.7 -22.5 236 43 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.32 14 350 8476 -27.2 -47.1 13 19.9 -29.3 241 50 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.16 15 300 9567 -35.7 -47.0 31 11.3 -36.7 243 60 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.7 0.18 16 250 10807 -45.7 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.9 246 59 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.17 17 200 12272 -51.5 -70.0 9 18.5 -51.8 255 70 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14085 -63.1 -77.8 12 14.7 -63.2 240 59 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16515 -72.3 -83.0 19 10.6 -72.4 248 37 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.46 m Freezing level: 595.51 mb = 4437.14 m = 14557.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.24 mb = 3837.04 m = 12588.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.02 mb = 753.86 m = 2473.26 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 13.86 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1555.21 m = 5102.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 578.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.30 mb = 892.06 m = 2926.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.30 mb = 2366.89 m = 7765.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.30 mb = 11176.83 m = 36668.94 ft B at Equ Level: 564.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.30 mb = 13435.07 m = 44077.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -21.7 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 43.83 Bulk Shear: 13.20 m/s