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: 34.65,-95.77 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 247 24.1 19.2 74 4.9 20.7 193 13 299.0 301.7 294.6 341.2 14.48 2 950 511 20.7 18.5 87 2.2 19.2 199 24 298.2 300.8 294.3 339.7 14.28 3 900 978 18.9 16.0 83 2.9 17.0 218 33 301.0 303.3 294.0 338.6 12.82 4 850 1469 17.5 12.3 72 5.2 14.1 226 35 304.5 306.4 293.4 336.2 10.65 5 800 1985 14.0 9.9 76 4.1 11.4 221 30 306.1 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.63 6 750 2527 10.7 7.2 79 3.5 8.6 214 25 308.2 309.8 292.8 334.1 8.51 7 700 3100 7.2 3.7 78 3.5 5.2 214 21 310.4 311.8 292.4 332.5 7.14 8 650 3706 3.1 -0.4 78 3.5 1.3 212 22 312.5 313.5 291.8 330.3 5.71 9 600 4349 -1.4 -4.7 78 3.3 -3.0 209 27 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.7 4.48 10 550 5037 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.6 -7.0 212 35 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.9 3.82 11 500 5775 -11.5 -13.4 86 1.9 -12.2 216 41 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.9 2.72 12 450 6577 -15.3 -17.7 82 2.4 -16.1 220 43 323.9 324.4 292.0 331.1 2.11 13 400 7457 -20.8 -21.3 96 0.5 -21.0 228 48 327.9 328.3 292.8 334.0 1.74 14 350 8431 -27.8 -28.3 95 0.5 -27.9 231 56 331.3 331.5 293.1 335.1 1.06 15 300 9519 -36.5 -38.0 87 1.4 -36.7 234 66 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.7 0.48 16 250 10753 -46.9 -49.2 77 2.3 -47.0 235 72 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.1 0.17 17 200 12213 -51.2 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.6 242 89 351.6 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14036 -61.9 -78.4 9 16.4 -62.1 248 77 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16490 -69.8 -83.7 11 13.9 -69.9 253 36 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.88 m Freezing level: 615.93 mb = 4144.40 m = 13596.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.39 mb = 3888.54 m = 12757.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.12 mb = 862.16 m = 2828.56 ft T: 19.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.34 mb = 1781.80 m = 5845.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.01 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 768.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.87 mb = 1084.63 m = 3558.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 713.87 mb = 2936.84 m = 9635.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.87 mb = 11189.79 m = 36711.46 ft B at Equ Level: 749.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.87 mb = 13476.01 m = 44212.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -48.9 tot: 84.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 62.72 Bulk Shear: 12.25 m/s