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: 33.71,-94.22 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -94.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 992 118 26.5 20.7 71 5.8 22.4 223 12 300.3 303.2 295.8 346.3 15.69 2 950 499 23.3 18.3 74 4.9 19.8 222 24 300.8 303.4 294.8 342.2 14.10 3 900 969 19.2 17.0 87 2.2 17.7 219 27 301.2 303.8 294.7 341.5 13.66 4 850 1459 16.0 15.3 96 0.7 15.5 216 28 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.4 12.99 5 800 1973 13.2 12.6 97 0.5 12.8 218 31 305.2 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.56 6 750 2515 10.2 9.6 96 0.6 9.8 221 34 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.1 10.05 7 700 3086 6.7 5.9 95 0.8 6.2 221 36 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.6 8.37 8 650 3691 2.6 2.3 97 0.4 2.4 220 39 311.9 313.3 292.7 333.5 6.95 9 600 4335 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 221 44 314.9 316.1 292.6 333.2 5.79 10 550 5025 -4.8 -5.4 96 0.6 -5.1 224 48 318.3 319.2 292.6 333.3 4.65 11 500 5769 -9.3 -9.9 95 0.6 -9.6 228 53 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.60 12 450 6575 -14.7 -15.0 98 0.3 -14.8 230 56 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.7 2.66 13 400 7456 -20.6 -20.7 100 0.0 -20.6 233 60 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.6 1.85 14 350 8430 -27.6 -27.9 98 0.3 -27.6 234 66 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.6 1.11 15 300 9521 -34.5 -36.0 86 1.5 -34.7 236 73 336.7 336.9 294.1 339.0 0.59 16 250 10776 -42.2 -45.7 68 3.5 -42.4 242 57 343.4 343.5 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12248 -52.7 -66.9 16 14.2 -53.0 257 61 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14060 -63.6 -76.0 17 12.3 -63.7 264 56 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16497 -70.6 -83.5 13 12.9 -70.6 263 32 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.85 m Freezing level: 613.86 mb = 4156.61 m = 13636.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4114.81 m = 13499.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.47 mb = 849.67 m = 2787.58 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1291.43 m = 4236.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 39.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 943.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.96 mb = 1103.97 m = 3621.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.96 mb = 1549.89 m = 5084.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.96 mb = 10480.74 m = 34385.20 ft B at Equ Level: 938.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.96 mb = 14433.94 m = 47354.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.8 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 251.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 96.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 22.98 Bulk Shear: 41.06 m/s