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: 33.37,-94.45 Latitude: 33.37 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 994 107 25.9 21.2 75 4.7 22.5 222 13 299.5 302.5 295.9 346.7 16.14 2 950 504 22.8 18.7 78 4.1 20.0 221 25 300.4 303.0 295.0 342.7 14.46 3 900 974 19.0 17.3 89 1.8 17.8 220 27 301.1 303.7 294.8 342.1 13.92 4 850 1464 16.3 15.4 95 0.9 15.7 218 29 303.2 305.6 294.8 342.0 13.07 5 800 1979 13.4 12.9 96 0.5 13.1 219 31 305.5 307.6 294.5 340.6 11.75 6 750 2521 10.3 9.8 97 0.5 10.0 221 33 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.7 10.23 7 700 3092 6.7 6.2 96 0.5 6.4 222 36 309.9 311.5 293.3 336.1 8.53 8 650 3698 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 222 39 312.1 313.4 292.7 333.8 6.99 9 600 4342 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 223 43 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.2 5.77 10 550 5032 -4.8 -5.2 97 0.4 -5.0 228 47 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.7 4.74 11 500 5775 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.6 -9.6 231 51 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.5 3.60 12 450 6581 -15.0 -15.2 99 0.2 -15.1 232 55 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.61 13 400 7461 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 234 59 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.4 1.83 14 350 8435 -27.4 -29.0 86 1.6 -27.7 234 68 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.5 1.00 15 300 9528 -34.0 -39.1 60 5.1 -34.6 237 72 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.1 0.43 16 250 10785 -41.6 -47.6 52 5.9 -42.1 246 55 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.21 17 200 12258 -52.9 -64.2 24 11.3 -53.1 255 58 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14068 -63.6 -76.6 15 13.0 -63.7 262 56 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16501 -71.0 -83.3 15 12.3 -71.1 262 33 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.19 m Freezing level: 613.33 mb = 4169.93 m = 13680.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.14 mb = 4128.03 m = 13543.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.66 mb = 701.69 m = 2302.11 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.48 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.83 mb = 1226.93 m = 4025.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 40.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.43 mb = 1007.88 m = 3306.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.43 mb = 1651.70 m = 5418.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.43 mb = 10476.99 m = 34372.89 ft B at Equ Level: 992.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.43 mb = 14421.04 m = 47312.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 26.22 Bulk Shear: 38.09 m/s