MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 70 SFC 995 117 27.6 21.0 67 6.6 22.9 213 11 301.2 304.2 296.3 348.2 15.96 2 950 521 23.2 18.5 75 4.7 19.9 213 20 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.5 14.23 3 900 991 18.9 17.3 90 1.7 17.8 212 21 301.0 303.6 294.8 341.9 13.92 4 850 1481 15.8 15.1 96 0.7 15.3 214 23 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.5 12.77 5 800 1995 13.6 12.0 90 1.6 12.6 220 27 305.6 307.7 294.0 338.9 11.09 6 750 2537 10.2 8.7 90 1.5 9.2 220 28 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.2 9.44 7 700 3108 6.7 2.3 74 4.4 4.3 219 31 309.9 311.1 291.7 329.9 6.48 8 650 3713 2.5 -1.8 73 4.3 0.4 216 34 311.8 312.8 291.2 328.0 5.17 9 600 4357 -1.0 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.2 212 38 314.9 315.9 291.9 330.6 4.94 10 550 5046 -5.7 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 211 41 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.0 3.92 11 500 5787 -9.8 -15.1 65 5.3 -11.7 214 45 321.1 321.5 291.4 329.0 2.36 12 450 6594 -13.4 -24.6 38 11.2 -16.4 221 48 326.4 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.15 13 400 7480 -19.2 -28.8 42 9.6 -21.4 232 57 330.0 330.2 292.6 333.2 0.88 14 350 8459 -26.6 -33.5 52 6.9 -27.8 237 64 332.9 333.1 293.2 335.3 0.64 15 300 9552 -35.4 -38.8 71 3.4 -35.8 241 68 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.44 16 250 10797 -43.5 -48.4 58 4.9 -43.8 243 71 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.19 17 200 12269 -51.5 -68.7 11 17.2 -51.9 253 80 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14084 -63.2 -77.6 13 14.4 -63.3 253 68 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16509 -71.2 -83.2 15 12.0 -71.2 262 42 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.85 m Freezing level: 614.54 mb = 4169.44 m = 13679.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.80 mb = 3802.42 m = 12474.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.83 mb = 953.98 m = 3129.82 ft T: 19.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1205.50 m = 3955.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1024.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.19 mb = 1104.02 m = 3622.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.19 mb = 1348.63 m = 4424.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.19 mb = 10978.98 m = 36019.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1023.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.19 mb = 14361.51 m = 47117.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 34.44 Bulk Shear: 29.77 m/s