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: 33.38,-94.48 Latitude: 33.38 Longitude: -94.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 994 108 25.7 21.3 77 4.4 22.5 223 13 299.3 302.3 295.9 346.6 16.20 2 950 504 22.7 18.8 78 4.0 19.9 222 25 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.7 14.49 3 900 974 18.9 17.3 90 1.6 17.8 221 28 301.0 303.6 294.8 342.0 13.94 4 850 1464 16.2 15.4 95 0.8 15.7 219 29 303.2 305.6 294.8 342.0 13.09 5 800 1978 13.4 12.9 97 0.5 13.1 220 31 305.4 307.6 294.5 340.7 11.78 6 750 2520 10.3 9.9 97 0.4 10.0 221 33 307.8 309.7 294.0 338.9 10.27 7 700 3092 6.7 6.3 97 0.4 6.5 222 36 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.3 8.59 8 650 3697 2.8 2.4 98 0.4 2.6 222 39 312.1 313.4 292.8 333.9 7.03 9 600 4341 -1.0 -1.4 97 0.4 -1.2 223 43 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.3 5.79 10 550 5031 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.4 -4.9 228 47 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.8 4.76 11 500 5775 -9.3 -9.9 96 0.6 -9.6 232 51 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.6 3.61 12 450 6580 -15.0 -15.2 99 0.1 -15.1 232 55 324.3 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.61 13 400 7461 -20.8 -20.8 100 0.0 -20.8 234 59 328.0 328.3 292.9 334.3 1.83 14 350 8434 -27.4 -29.1 86 1.7 -27.8 234 68 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.4 0.99 15 300 9527 -34.0 -39.3 59 5.3 -34.7 237 72 337.5 337.5 294.1 339.1 0.42 16 250 10785 -41.6 -47.7 52 6.1 -42.1 246 54 344.2 344.2 295.5 345.0 0.21 17 200 12257 -52.8 -64.5 23 11.7 -53.1 255 58 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14067 -63.6 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.7 263 56 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16501 -71.0 -83.4 14 12.4 -71.1 262 33 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.75 m Freezing level: 613.13 mb = 4172.16 m = 13688.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.36 mb = 4137.82 m = 13575.38 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.37 mb = 666.91 m = 2188.00 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 8.71 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1196.01 m = 3923.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.95 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 40.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 986.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.75 mb = 985.42 m = 3232.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.75 mb = 1627.62 m = 5339.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.75 mb = 10415.43 m = 34170.95 ft B at Equ Level: 981.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.75 mb = 14322.74 m = 46990.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 254.2 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): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.2 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: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 26.16 Bulk Shear: 37.71 m/s