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: 34.31,-95.40 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 982 237 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 298 12 293.1 295.1 290.7 326.4 11.70 2 950 517 16.8 14.0 84 2.8 15.0 299 27 294.2 296.1 290.2 324.6 10.62 3 900 977 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.2 293 33 296.2 297.8 289.5 322.6 9.11 4 850 1458 12.0 8.4 79 3.6 9.9 281 33 298.7 300.2 289.6 322.7 8.18 5 800 1964 8.8 7.1 89 1.8 7.8 265 32 300.5 302.0 289.9 323.9 7.91 6 750 2498 6.4 5.3 93 1.1 5.8 243 35 303.5 304.9 290.5 325.9 7.46 7 700 3061 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.5 227 36 306.7 308.0 291.1 327.9 6.98 8 650 3663 2.3 1.2 93 1.1 1.7 211 43 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.7 6.46 9 600 4306 -1.4 -2.4 93 0.9 -1.9 207 51 314.4 315.5 292.1 331.4 5.36 10 550 4993 -6.1 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 209 58 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.5 3.93 11 500 5732 -10.9 -11.7 94 0.8 -11.2 212 63 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.1 3.13 12 450 6535 -15.3 -15.8 96 0.5 -15.4 219 63 324.1 324.6 292.4 332.5 2.49 13 400 7416 -20.6 -20.8 99 0.2 -20.7 227 63 328.2 328.5 292.9 334.5 1.82 14 350 8391 -27.2 -28.9 85 1.7 -27.5 227 66 332.1 332.3 293.3 335.8 1.00 15 300 9481 -35.5 -40.8 59 5.2 -36.1 233 65 335.3 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.36 16 250 10738 -40.4 -67.0 4 26.6 -41.4 253 54 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.1 0.02 17 200 12226 -51.4 -70.7 8 19.3 -51.8 253 61 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14042 -62.6 -76.3 14 13.6 -62.7 256 46 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16486 -69.6 -83.7 11 14.1 -69.7 262 29 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.15 m Freezing level: 619.11 mb = 4059.96 m = 13319.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.34 mb = 3960.56 m = 12993.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.65 mb = 538.32 m = 1766.13 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.79 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1568.40 m = 5145.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 4.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7967.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.52 mb = 1066.10 m = 3497.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -142.3 tot: -141.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -47.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: -5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 226.65 m/s