MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 32.76,-96.66 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -96.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 983 160 19.1 17.3 90 1.8 17.9 171 15 293.6 295.9 291.7 330.0 12.76 2 950 457 16.9 16.5 97 0.4 16.7 177 28 294.4 296.6 291.7 330.2 12.53 3 900 918 15.1 15.0 100 0.1 15.0 195 37 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.7 12.00 4 850 1402 13.3 12.9 97 0.4 13.0 217 38 300.0 302.1 292.4 332.4 11.05 5 800 1910 10.3 7.8 84 2.5 8.8 221 37 302.1 303.7 290.8 326.9 8.34 6 750 2446 8.4 3.0 69 5.4 5.5 218 43 305.7 306.9 290.3 325.0 6.36 7 700 3014 5.1 -2.2 59 7.2 1.5 220 43 308.1 309.0 289.5 322.6 4.67 8 650 3614 0.8 -5.4 63 6.2 -2.0 223 43 309.9 310.6 289.5 322.3 3.93 9 600 4252 -3.7 -9.4 65 5.7 -6.1 230 45 311.8 312.4 289.3 321.8 3.12 10 550 4932 -8.9 -14.6 63 5.7 -10.9 234 50 313.6 314.0 289.0 320.9 2.24 11 500 5665 -12.9 -21.1 50 8.2 -15.3 232 58 317.3 317.5 289.4 322.0 1.42 12 450 6461 -17.3 -30.7 30 13.4 -20.0 240 66 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.66 13 400 7337 -21.5 -39.5 18 18.0 -24.2 243 82 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.2 0.31 14 350 8305 -29.8 -43.1 26 13.3 -31.3 248 87 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.5 0.24 15 300 9380 -39.8 -45.2 56 5.4 -40.2 252 90 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.23 16 250 10597 -49.6 -52.3 73 2.7 -49.7 251 84 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 17 200 12043 -53.6 -67.5 17 13.9 -53.9 262 77 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 13864 -60.0 -77.9 8 17.9 -60.2 259 61 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16382 -63.1 -84.1 4 21.0 -63.3 293 17 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.13 m Freezing level: 640.89 mb = 3730.37 m = 12238.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.89 mb = 3261.82 m = 10701.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.47 mb = 380.72 m = 1249.06 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.54 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 756.39 m = 2481.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 25.82 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 225.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.83 mb = 676.44 m = 2219.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.83 mb = 3358.52 m = 11018.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 420.83 mb = 6959.24 m = 22831.86 ft B at Equ Level: 224.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.83 mb = 11400.98 m = 37404.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 335.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 128.26 m/s