MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F372.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F372.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15.5 day GFS valid 18Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 33.53,-94.60 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -94.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 991 111 16.0 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 130 11 289.9 291.9 289.2 321.5 11.23 2 950 466 14.0 14.0 100 -0.0 14.0 137 27 291.4 293.3 289.2 321.6 10.66 3 900 922 12.4 12.4 100 -0.0 12.4 156 36 294.3 296.1 289.8 323.4 10.13 4 850 1402 11.1 11.1 100 0.0 11.2 179 40 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.4 9.84 5 800 1907 9.3 9.3 100 0.1 9.3 196 44 301.1 302.8 291.2 328.3 9.21 6 750 2441 6.8 6.5 98 0.3 6.6 204 48 303.9 305.5 291.2 328.3 8.14 7 700 3006 4.0 3.7 98 0.2 3.8 211 52 306.9 308.2 291.3 328.7 7.17 8 650 3606 0.9 0.7 99 0.2 0.8 215 54 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.1 6.19 9 600 4246 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.2 -2.7 213 53 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.17 10 550 4931 -7.0 -8.2 91 1.2 -7.5 210 54 315.8 316.6 291.1 327.9 3.75 11 500 5668 -11.6 -14.4 79 2.8 -12.6 208 58 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.2 2.50 12 450 6468 -17.0 -21.2 70 4.2 -18.2 207 60 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.2 1.57 13 400 7342 -22.3 -34.2 33 11.9 -24.4 213 76 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.9 0.53 14 350 8307 -30.5 -44.8 23 14.3 -32.0 215 75 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.4 0.20 15 300 9382 -39.0 -45.2 52 6.2 -39.5 209 83 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.23 16 250 10608 -48.2 -55.1 45 6.8 -48.5 225 90 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12050 -55.8 -66.8 24 11.0 -55.9 211 60 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13852 -60.4 -77.6 9 17.2 -60.6 239 65 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16386 -63.5 -84.0 5 20.6 -63.6 267 35 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.91 m Freezing level: 637.70 mb = 3763.64 m = 12347.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.21 mb = 3739.98 m = 12270.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.53 % Est. max temperature: 24.46 C = 76.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.15 mb = 175.00 m = 574.15 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 943.75 mb = 521.83 m = 1712.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.84 C = 64.11 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.59 C Showalter Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.24 mb = 571.20 m = 1873.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.24 mb = 616.25 m = 2021.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 923.24 mb = 707.09 m = 2319.83 ft B at Equ Level: 19.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 843.24 mb = 1468.15 m = 4816.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 623.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 623.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 207.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 245.28 m/s