MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F363.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F363.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 363 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 32.83,-97.29 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 975 224 19.0 16.9 87 2.2 17.6 175 18 294.3 296.5 291.7 330.0 12.49 2 950 447 17.6 16.4 92 1.2 16.8 178 32 295.0 297.3 291.9 330.6 12.40 3 900 908 15.3 15.4 100 -0.0 15.4 191 43 297.3 299.5 292.5 332.9 12.28 4 850 1394 15.5 12.1 80 3.4 13.3 226 47 302.3 304.3 292.6 333.4 10.47 5 800 1907 13.4 3.1 50 10.3 7.7 236 39 305.5 306.6 289.9 323.7 5.99 6 750 2447 10.4 -2.1 42 12.5 4.1 232 35 307.9 308.7 289.2 321.5 4.38 7 700 3017 6.0 -4.9 45 10.9 0.9 228 36 309.2 309.9 289.1 321.1 3.80 8 650 3619 1.1 -7.7 52 8.8 -2.7 228 36 310.3 310.9 288.9 320.7 3.29 9 600 4258 -2.4 -12.3 46 9.9 -6.2 240 46 313.3 313.8 289.2 321.4 2.47 10 550 4942 -7.6 -15.3 54 7.7 -10.3 246 56 315.1 315.5 289.4 322.1 2.12 11 500 5677 -12.4 -23.9 38 11.5 -15.4 247 53 317.9 318.1 289.3 321.7 1.11 12 450 6475 -16.3 -34.4 20 18.0 -19.7 251 63 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.46 13 400 7350 -22.2 -37.9 22 15.8 -24.6 256 78 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.6 0.36 14 350 8317 -29.7 -42.4 28 12.7 -31.2 258 87 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.26 15 300 9394 -39.4 -46.9 45 7.5 -39.9 263 88 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.6 0.19 16 250 10613 -49.3 -54.0 58 4.7 -49.4 264 77 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 17 200 12056 -54.4 -64.8 27 10.4 -54.6 263 65 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 13867 -62.3 -76.4 14 14.0 -62.4 251 57 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16377 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.8 -62.7 306 20 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.23 m Freezing level: 633.89 mb = 3824.53 m = 12547.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.63 mb = 3161.77 m = 10373.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.63 mb = 494.92 m = 1623.72 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.66 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.56 mb = 1890.45 m = 6202.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Cap Strength: 3.05 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.48 C K Index: 29.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.34 mb = 800.99 m = 2627.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.34 mb = 3417.06 m = 11210.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.34 mb = 7417.01 m = 24333.72 ft B at Equ Level: 167.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.34 mb = 11548.38 m = 37887.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 43.7 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 508.5 neg: -31.5 tot: 477.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 158.95 m/s