MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F354.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F354.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 354 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 34.38,-98.39 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -15 SFC 960 332 21.1 14.0 64 7.1 16.5 128 20 297.7 299.6 291.2 328.2 10.53 2 950 427 21.5 13.2 59 8.3 16.2 131 31 299.0 300.8 291.3 328.5 10.11 3 900 894 20.1 12.1 60 8.1 15.0 151 39 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.6 9.89 4 850 1388 19.7 10.2 54 9.5 13.7 186 32 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.22 5 800 1908 17.2 5.8 47 11.4 10.4 213 35 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.8 7.25 6 750 2454 12.4 2.8 52 9.6 7.1 222 38 310.1 311.3 291.6 329.5 6.27 7 700 3028 7.3 0.1 61 7.1 3.5 230 39 310.5 311.6 291.0 327.7 5.53 8 650 3632 1.6 -2.0 77 3.6 -0.2 233 40 310.8 311.8 290.7 326.7 5.08 9 600 4271 -4.2 -5.0 94 0.9 -4.6 237 43 311.3 312.1 290.3 325.1 4.38 10 550 4951 -8.0 -18.9 41 10.9 -11.5 246 41 314.5 314.8 288.6 319.7 1.56 11 500 5685 -12.6 -23.6 39 11.0 -15.5 242 35 317.7 317.9 289.2 321.6 1.14 12 450 6481 -18.0 -25.4 52 7.4 -19.8 243 31 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.08 13 400 7350 -24.3 -27.4 76 3.0 -25.0 245 33 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.9 1.01 14 350 8309 -31.2 -32.2 91 1.0 -31.3 253 45 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.4 0.73 15 300 9382 -40.1 -40.4 97 0.3 -40.2 259 34 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.37 16 250 10597 -49.8 -51.0 87 1.2 -49.8 271 29 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.14 17 200 12037 -55.0 -64.8 28 9.9 -55.2 257 30 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.03 18 150 13860 -59.9 -77.8 8 17.9 -60.1 290 56 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.01 19 100 16365 -62.4 -84.1 4 21.8 -62.6 282 36 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.60 m Freezing level: 636.05 mb = 3810.09 m = 12500.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.91 mb = 3595.62 m = 11796.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.15 mb = 1235.04 m = 4051.92 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.47 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.30 mb = 2883.06 m = 9458.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 471.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.93 mb = 1866.14 m = 6122.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.93 mb = 3769.09 m = 12365.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.93 mb = 9867.41 m = 32372.99 ft B at Equ Level: 356.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.93 mb = 12071.55 m = 39604.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 566.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 566.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 291.35 m/s