MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F357.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F357.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 357 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 33.25,-94.93 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -94.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 994 116 18.1 6.6 47 11.5 11.7 109 8 291.8 292.9 285.1 309.5 6.16 2 950 502 20.2 2.5 31 17.7 10.7 146 28 297.7 298.6 286.1 312.0 4.83 3 900 966 18.0 1.8 34 16.2 9.4 173 27 300.1 301.0 286.9 314.6 4.84 4 850 1452 15.5 3.7 45 11.8 9.0 199 26 302.4 303.5 288.8 320.1 5.88 5 800 1964 12.2 4.6 60 7.6 7.9 206 25 304.1 305.4 290.0 324.2 6.65 6 750 2501 8.8 2.3 64 6.5 5.2 205 23 306.1 307.3 290.1 324.5 6.02 7 700 3069 5.0 0.2 71 4.8 2.5 219 24 308.0 309.1 290.3 325.2 5.56 8 650 3670 0.4 -1.1 90 1.5 -0.4 235 29 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.2 5.44 9 600 4307 -3.8 -4.2 97 0.4 -4.0 239 31 311.7 312.6 290.7 326.4 4.68 10 550 4989 -8.3 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.5 237 31 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.6 3.56 11 500 5723 -12.9 -13.5 95 0.6 -13.1 239 33 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.2 2.70 12 450 6519 -17.8 -17.9 99 0.2 -17.8 248 33 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.08 13 400 7390 -23.8 -23.8 100 0.0 -23.8 253 35 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.9 1.40 14 350 8351 -31.2 -31.2 100 -0.0 -31.2 253 41 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.81 15 300 9423 -39.9 -39.9 100 -0.0 -39.9 263 46 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.6 0.40 16 250 10638 -50.9 -50.9 100 0.0 -50.9 265 50 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 17 200 12053 -58.9 -60.8 78 2.0 -58.9 260 61 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 18 150 13875 -59.5 -78.3 7 18.7 -59.7 276 41 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16383 -63.1 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.3 278 33 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.80 m Freezing level: 645.48 mb = 3727.18 m = 12228.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.80 mb = 3585.23 m = 11762.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.30 mb = 1589.38 m = 5214.45 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 612.30 mb = 4145.59 m = 13600.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.41 C = 99.35 F Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lifted Index: 7.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.97 C Showalter Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 16.62 C K Index: 27.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10614.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.23 mb = 2576.14 m = 8451.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 324.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 119.52 m/s