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: 33.37,-96.66 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 985 209 25.2 20.1 74 5.1 21.6 207 15 299.6 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.21 2 950 521 21.6 19.0 85 2.6 19.8 213 23 299.1 301.7 294.8 341.9 14.68 3 900 989 19.6 15.6 78 4.0 16.9 226 29 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.5 12.46 4 850 1480 16.6 12.7 78 3.9 14.1 227 27 303.6 305.6 293.3 336.1 10.92 5 800 1994 13.4 10.5 83 2.9 11.6 220 25 305.4 307.3 293.2 335.4 10.00 6 750 2536 10.2 6.5 78 3.7 8.0 214 22 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.4 8.15 7 700 3107 7.4 0.9 63 6.6 3.9 209 21 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.8 5.82 8 650 3714 4.1 -4.5 54 8.6 -0.0 210 26 313.6 314.4 290.9 327.0 4.22 9 600 4360 -0.4 -6.5 63 6.1 -3.3 212 32 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.91 10 550 5050 -5.6 -8.0 83 2.4 -6.7 215 38 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.81 11 500 5790 -10.5 -16.3 62 5.8 -12.5 217 40 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.14 12 450 6594 -14.6 -23.4 47 8.7 -17.0 224 42 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.29 13 400 7477 -20.1 -28.0 49 7.9 -21.9 232 53 328.8 329.0 292.3 332.3 0.95 14 350 8453 -27.1 -36.0 43 8.9 -28.5 237 63 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.1 0.50 15 300 9543 -36.0 -42.7 50 6.7 -36.6 238 69 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.30 16 250 10783 -45.1 -50.3 56 5.2 -45.4 240 70 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.15 17 200 12253 -51.1 -70.0 9 18.8 -51.5 248 82 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14068 -62.7 -77.9 11 15.1 -62.9 245 69 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16505 -71.1 -83.2 15 12.1 -71.1 247 37 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.45 m Freezing level: 604.82 mb = 4297.77 m = 14100.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3707.99 m = 12165.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.70 mb = 848.82 m = 2784.81 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.06 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1558.36 m = 5112.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.24 mb = 1121.39 m = 3679.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.24 mb = 2193.40 m = 7196.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.24 mb = 11017.60 m = 36146.55 ft B at Equ Level: 727.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.24 mb = 13611.69 m = 44657.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -27.2 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 83.19 Bulk Shear: 8.85 m/s