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: 33.35,-94.42 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 996 105 16.0 7.0 55 9.1 11.0 103 6 289.5 290.6 284.4 307.4 6.30 2 950 510 19.4 3.6 35 15.8 10.8 150 23 296.9 297.8 286.1 312.3 5.22 3 900 973 17.0 0.9 34 16.1 8.6 179 23 299.0 299.8 286.2 312.5 4.53 4 850 1457 14.7 -0.7 35 15.4 6.9 198 24 301.6 302.4 286.9 314.6 4.29 5 800 1967 12.2 0.6 45 11.6 6.1 201 23 304.1 305.0 288.5 319.3 4.99 6 750 2505 8.5 1.6 62 6.9 4.8 203 21 305.8 306.9 289.8 323.3 5.73 7 700 3072 5.0 -0.6 67 5.6 2.1 213 22 308.0 309.0 290.0 324.2 5.24 8 650 3673 0.4 -1.8 85 2.2 -0.7 225 24 309.4 310.4 290.4 325.4 5.15 9 600 4311 -3.6 -3.9 97 0.4 -3.7 243 27 312.0 312.9 290.9 327.0 4.77 10 550 4993 -8.0 -8.5 97 0.5 -8.2 245 29 314.6 315.3 290.7 326.4 3.67 11 500 5727 -13.0 -13.8 94 0.8 -13.3 243 31 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.64 12 450 6522 -18.2 -18.7 96 0.4 -18.4 246 29 320.3 320.7 290.8 326.9 1.95 13 400 7392 -24.2 -24.4 99 0.1 -24.3 252 32 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.1 1.33 14 350 8350 -31.5 -31.6 100 0.0 -31.6 256 39 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.0 0.78 15 300 9422 -40.2 -40.4 98 0.2 -40.2 262 46 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.38 16 250 10636 -51.1 -51.2 99 0.1 -51.1 263 52 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 17 200 12052 -57.6 -62.4 55 4.7 -57.7 257 59 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13872 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.6 -60.5 266 46 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16380 -63.1 -83.9 4 20.8 -63.3 269 29 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.92 m Freezing level: 644.76 mb = 3739.47 m = 12268.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.15 mb = 3522.48 m = 11556.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.28 mb = 1267.03 m = 4156.89 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 615.23 mb = 4110.70 m = 13486.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.68 C = 99.83 F Cap Strength: 8.83 C Lifted Index: 8.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.51 C Showalter Index: 6.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 12.33 C K Index: 21.45 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11126.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 762.18 mb = 2370.67 m = 7777.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 253.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 87.89 m/s