MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-94.96 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -94.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 995 117 17.0 16.4 96 0.6 16.6 180 2 290.6 292.7 290.0 324.0 11.87 2 950 514 21.1 16.5 75 4.7 18.0 252 18 298.6 300.9 293.0 335.0 12.49 3 900 984 22.1 6.6 37 15.5 12.9 266 27 304.3 305.6 290.2 324.8 6.80 4 850 1478 19.1 0.0 28 19.1 9.0 280 29 306.2 307.0 288.8 320.1 4.51 5 800 1994 14.9 -3.8 27 18.8 5.7 292 32 307.1 307.7 288.2 318.3 3.60 6 750 2535 10.3 -8.8 25 19.1 1.9 299 36 307.7 308.2 287.4 316.0 2.61 7 700 3103 5.1 -11.2 30 16.3 -1.5 299 35 308.2 308.6 287.3 315.6 2.32 8 650 3702 0.9 -16.5 26 17.4 -5.3 286 31 309.9 310.2 287.2 315.2 1.61 9 600 4342 -1.7 -27.3 12 25.6 -8.6 279 37 314.1 314.3 287.6 316.5 0.68 10 550 5027 -6.7 -25.9 20 19.2 -11.8 272 37 316.2 316.3 288.5 319.1 0.84 11 500 5763 -12.0 -40.4 7 28.4 -16.8 266 42 318.5 318.5 288.5 319.3 0.23 12 450 6562 -16.1 -50.3 3 34.3 -20.3 272 42 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.4 0.08 13 400 7443 -19.3 -54.2 3 34.8 -23.1 277 50 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 14 350 8422 -26.5 -57.3 4 30.8 -29.0 274 47 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.05 15 300 9517 -34.3 -58.5 7 24.2 -35.7 258 44 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 16 250 10771 -42.4 -61.9 10 19.5 -43.2 240 47 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12245 -52.2 -69.6 11 17.4 -52.5 253 55 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14062 -62.2 -77.3 12 15.1 -62.4 263 56 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16504 -70.2 -83.4 13 13.2 -70.2 247 34 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.42 m Freezing level: 633.12 mb = 3918.02 m = 12854.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.12 mb = 2846.73 m = 9339.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.68 C = 90.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.06 mb = 193.44 m = 634.64 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 751.27 mb = 2520.79 m = 8270.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.08 C = 93.35 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: 4.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.10 C Cross Totals Index: 11.99 C K Index: 14.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 406.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.39 mb = 1433.41 m = 4702.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.39 mb = 5177.81 m = 16987.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 479.39 mb = 6082.41 m = 19955.17 ft B at Equ Level: 61.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.39 mb = 7269.40 m = 23849.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.0 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 310.0 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 239.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 71.22 m/s