MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 6Z SUN 2 NOV 25 Station: 33.48,-94.60 Latitude: 33.48 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 30 SFC 991 110 14.2 13.4 95 0.8 13.7 284 1 288.2 289.9 287.3 315.5 9.79 2 950 463 13.5 11.3 87 2.2 12.1 271 7 290.8 292.4 287.4 315.9 8.85 3 900 918 11.1 9.2 88 1.9 10.0 286 6 293.0 294.4 287.5 316.3 8.14 4 850 1393 8.2 7.2 93 1.0 7.6 278 3 294.7 296.1 287.6 316.5 7.52 5 800 1892 5.2 4.0 92 1.2 4.5 296 5 296.7 297.8 287.2 315.4 6.37 6 750 2416 1.5 0.2 91 1.3 0.8 306 7 298.2 299.1 286.6 313.6 5.18 7 700 2968 -2.3 -4.2 87 1.9 -3.1 314 8 299.9 300.7 286.1 312.0 4.00 8 650 3555 -4.2 -10.4 62 6.2 -6.6 284 13 304.2 304.7 286.2 312.5 2.66 9 600 4183 -6.7 -16.8 45 10.1 -9.9 259 23 308.4 308.7 286.7 313.9 1.71 10 550 4857 -10.6 -21.3 41 10.6 -13.6 261 26 311.5 311.7 287.3 315.7 1.27 11 500 5584 -15.2 -26.0 39 10.8 -17.7 264 33 314.5 314.7 288.0 317.6 0.91 12 450 6371 -21.3 -30.7 43 9.4 -23.1 255 39 316.4 316.5 288.3 318.7 0.66 13 400 7227 -28.7 -32.2 72 3.5 -29.2 254 39 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.9 0.64 14 350 8166 -36.6 -37.2 94 0.6 -36.7 249 40 319.4 319.5 289.0 321.0 0.45 15 300 9216 -43.5 -48.1 60 4.6 -43.7 248 54 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.16 16 250 10445 -43.1 -72.0 3 28.9 -43.9 245 42 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.0 0.01 17 200 11931 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.0 251 44 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 18 150 13807 -53.1 -81.1 2 28.1 -53.5 257 49 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16372 -59.7 -84.2 3 24.6 -60.0 270 41 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.46 m Freezing level: 730.35 mb = 2633.05 m = 8638.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.46 mb = 2529.32 m = 8298.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.23 % Est. max temperature: 21.16 C = 70.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.26 mb = 215.58 m = 707.26 ft T: 14.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.47 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.08 mb = 1103.74 m = 3621.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.73 C = 67.51 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.42 C K Index: 28.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.19 mb = 786.18 m = 2579.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.19 mb = 2210.73 m = 7252.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.19 mb = 3444.19 m = 11299.70 ft B at Equ Level: 40.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 589.19 mb = 4324.29 m = 14187.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -9.2 tot: -0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 14.29 m/s