MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.36,-95.17 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -95.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 992 130 26.9 21.4 72 5.5 22.9 228 12 300.7 303.7 296.4 348.7 16.37 2 950 514 23.2 19.2 78 4.0 20.4 229 19 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.5 14.92 3 900 984 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 228 21 301.3 304.0 295.3 344.1 14.55 4 850 1474 16.7 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 224 26 303.7 306.1 295.0 343.0 13.24 5 800 1990 13.9 12.8 93 1.1 13.2 223 29 306.0 308.2 294.6 341.2 11.72 6 750 2533 10.6 9.0 90 1.6 9.6 222 30 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.3 9.64 7 700 3105 7.2 4.5 83 2.7 5.6 223 32 310.4 311.9 292.7 333.7 7.57 8 650 3712 3.5 0.8 83 2.7 2.0 228 35 312.9 314.1 292.4 332.4 6.24 9 600 4357 -0.6 -2.8 85 2.2 -1.7 232 40 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.8 5.18 10 550 5047 -5.1 -8.6 77 3.5 -6.6 233 46 318.0 318.7 291.7 329.9 3.64 11 500 5789 -10.2 -16.4 60 6.3 -12.3 233 50 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.7 2.12 12 450 6593 -15.4 -20.4 66 5.0 -16.9 237 56 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.6 1.67 13 400 7474 -20.0 -28.0 49 8.0 -21.8 233 64 329.0 329.1 292.4 332.4 0.95 14 350 8452 -26.2 -39.6 27 13.4 -28.0 240 71 333.5 333.5 293.0 334.8 0.35 15 300 9549 -33.6 -48.6 21 14.9 -35.0 245 65 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.6 0.16 16 250 10806 -41.6 -56.0 20 14.4 -42.3 251 63 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.08 17 200 12286 -51.7 -69.3 10 17.6 -52.1 257 70 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14096 -64.0 -77.3 15 13.3 -64.1 260 57 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16515 -71.7 -83.2 16 11.5 -71.8 269 35 389.1 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.82 m Freezing level: 607.81 mb = 4256.43 m = 13964.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.17 mb = 4051.72 m = 13292.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.49 mb = 825.78 m = 2709.20 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.99 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1185.27 m = 3888.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 39.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1157.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.47 mb = 1017.30 m = 3337.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.47 mb = 1661.89 m = 5452.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.47 mb = 10765.84 m = 35320.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1155.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.47 mb = 14882.79 m = 48827.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 28.19 Bulk Shear: 41.07 m/s