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: 33.84,-94.63 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 995 129 25.1 19.5 71 5.7 21.2 195 9 298.7 301.3 294.5 340.8 14.46 2 950 531 20.1 18.5 90 1.6 19.0 201 18 297.6 300.2 294.0 338.9 14.24 3 900 997 18.3 16.0 86 2.4 16.7 214 25 300.4 302.7 293.8 337.8 12.77 4 850 1487 17.0 13.4 80 3.6 14.6 218 24 303.9 306.0 293.8 338.0 11.45 5 800 2003 13.5 10.3 81 3.2 11.5 217 21 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.3 9.90 6 750 2544 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.1 217 19 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.7 8.32 7 700 3115 7.4 0.9 63 6.5 3.9 215 21 310.7 311.8 291.4 328.9 5.86 8 650 3723 4.5 -3.9 55 8.4 0.4 216 25 314.0 314.9 291.2 328.0 4.41 9 600 4370 0.1 -6.7 60 6.9 -3.0 216 29 316.3 317.0 291.3 328.7 3.85 10 550 5061 -5.0 -10.4 66 5.4 -7.2 216 33 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.16 11 500 5802 -10.7 -14.8 72 4.1 -12.2 220 35 320.0 320.5 291.2 328.1 2.43 12 450 6606 -14.3 -27.4 32 13.1 -17.6 231 36 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.90 13 400 7489 -20.0 -33.1 30 13.2 -22.5 236 44 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.2 0.59 14 350 8464 -27.7 -42.5 23 14.8 -29.5 237 51 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.26 15 300 9553 -36.1 -43.7 46 7.6 -36.8 242 62 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.27 16 250 10791 -45.9 -47.9 79 2.1 -46.0 242 62 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.20 17 200 12254 -51.4 -69.9 9 18.5 -51.8 252 76 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14070 -62.1 -78.2 10 16.1 -62.3 242 64 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16507 -72.0 -83.1 18 11.1 -72.1 247 36 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.34 m Freezing level: 598.61 mb = 4388.80 m = 14398.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.54 mb = 3790.75 m = 12436.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.19 mb = 843.34 m = 2766.83 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1625.17 m = 5331.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.07 C K Index: 34.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 465.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.01 mb = 929.98 m = 3051.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.01 mb = 2521.11 m = 8271.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.01 mb = 2974.08 m = 9757.37 ft B at Equ Level: 7.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.01 mb = 12848.93 m = 42154.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 246.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -13.5 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 25.02 Bulk Shear: 18.60 m/s