MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.57,-96.19 Latitude: 33.57 Longitude: -96.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 980 202 30.1 16.9 45 13.2 21.0 219 24 305.0 307.3 294.8 342.1 12.44 2 950 479 25.8 16.1 55 9.7 19.2 222 36 303.3 305.6 294.2 339.5 12.19 3 900 951 21.3 15.0 68 6.2 17.1 226 38 303.4 305.6 294.1 339.1 12.03 4 850 1444 16.7 14.0 84 2.8 14.9 230 38 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.0 11.89 5 800 1958 12.4 11.8 96 0.7 12.0 233 38 304.4 306.4 293.6 337.0 10.90 6 750 2496 8.9 4.4 73 4.5 6.3 239 41 306.3 307.6 291.0 327.6 7.02 7 700 3067 8.4 -5.9 36 14.3 1.7 234 49 311.8 312.5 289.7 323.0 3.52 8 650 3675 4.1 -7.7 42 11.8 -1.2 234 55 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.2 3.30 9 600 4321 0.8 -16.7 26 17.5 -5.5 237 58 317.1 317.4 289.6 322.9 1.72 10 550 5016 -3.1 -21.1 24 17.9 -8.9 244 59 320.4 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.30 11 500 5761 -8.8 -25.5 24 16.7 -13.3 254 61 322.4 322.5 290.5 325.7 0.96 12 450 6568 -14.6 -30.0 26 15.3 -18.1 255 62 324.9 325.0 291.0 327.4 0.71 13 400 7451 -20.2 -32.8 32 12.6 -22.7 255 71 328.7 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.61 14 350 8424 -28.1 -37.3 41 9.2 -29.4 258 78 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.44 15 300 9508 -37.6 -42.9 58 5.3 -38.1 265 83 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.5 0.29 16 250 10738 -47.6 -52.4 58 4.8 -47.8 277 95 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.12 17 200 12184 -55.9 -63.6 38 7.7 -56.1 282 80 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 13977 -62.1 -78.2 10 16.2 -62.2 289 87 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16450 -65.0 -83.6 6 18.6 -65.2 275 29 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.14 m Freezing level: 589.50 mb = 4466.89 m = 14654.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.08 mb = 3413.29 m = 11198.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.27 mb = 1859.80 m = 6101.63 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 19.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.57 mb = 1814.87 m = 5954.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 25.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 663.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.56 mb = 1742.36 m = 5716.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.56 mb = 1898.78 m = 6229.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.56 mb = 2885.32 m = 9466.15 ft B at Equ Level: 30.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.56 mb = 13749.98 m = 45110.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 48.9 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 36.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 180.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 12.84 Bulk Shear: 51.69 m/s