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: 32.96,-96.79 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -96.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 982 172 19.3 17.3 88 2.0 17.9 177 14 294.0 296.2 291.8 330.3 12.72 2 950 454 17.2 16.4 95 0.8 16.7 184 26 294.6 296.9 291.8 330.3 12.44 3 900 915 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.6 199 34 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.4 11.66 4 850 1398 12.9 12.8 99 0.2 12.8 211 36 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.8 10.96 5 800 1905 9.6 7.9 89 1.7 8.6 216 35 301.3 302.9 290.6 326.1 8.36 6 750 2441 8.4 0.3 56 8.2 4.2 215 42 305.7 306.7 289.3 321.7 5.21 7 700 3008 5.0 -4.2 51 9.2 0.6 220 41 308.0 308.8 288.9 320.5 4.00 8 650 3608 0.5 -6.8 58 7.3 -2.7 223 41 309.5 310.2 288.9 320.7 3.55 9 600 4245 -4.0 -11.0 58 7.0 -6.8 227 44 311.5 312.0 288.8 320.3 2.75 10 550 4924 -9.2 -15.4 61 6.2 -11.3 232 54 313.1 313.5 288.7 320.0 2.09 11 500 5655 -13.3 -23.2 43 9.9 -15.9 229 58 316.8 317.1 289.0 320.9 1.18 12 450 6449 -18.1 -32.8 26 14.7 -20.9 236 64 320.4 320.5 289.5 322.3 0.54 13 400 7322 -21.9 -39.4 19 17.5 -24.5 239 84 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.31 14 350 8290 -29.8 -44.8 22 15.0 -31.3 246 92 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.20 15 300 9365 -39.8 -45.8 53 6.0 -40.3 252 93 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.21 16 250 10582 -49.0 -53.9 57 4.9 -49.2 251 86 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12033 -53.7 -67.7 17 14.0 -53.9 259 74 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 13856 -59.3 -78.3 7 19.0 -59.5 258 60 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16378 -61.9 -84.3 4 22.4 -62.1 299 18 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.67 m Freezing level: 644.45 mb = 3678.21 m = 12067.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.93 mb = 3113.25 m = 10213.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.18 mb = 425.12 m = 1394.72 ft T: 17.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 11.31 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.30 mb = 798.84 m = 2620.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.49 C = 70.68 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 254.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.05 mb = 717.54 m = 2354.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.05 mb = 1739.02 m = 5705.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 776.05 mb = 2157.47 m = 7078.21 ft B at Equ Level: 16.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 726.05 mb = 2707.40 m = 8882.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 273.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 2.46 Bulk Shear: 103.41 m/s