MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 32.89,-96.82 Latitude: 32.89 Longitude: -96.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 992 172 21.0 17.1 79 3.9 18.4 182 7 294.9 297.1 291.9 330.7 12.49 2 950 543 20.2 15.2 73 5.0 17.0 196 20 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.2 11.53 3 900 1009 18.2 13.2 73 5.0 15.0 195 19 300.3 302.2 292.1 331.5 10.64 4 850 1497 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 12.9 196 14 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.21 5 800 2008 12.5 5.7 63 6.8 8.6 216 9 304.4 305.8 290.6 326.1 7.19 6 750 2549 12.8 -9.1 21 21.9 3.0 235 9 310.5 311.0 288.3 318.7 2.56 7 700 3126 10.1 -4.0 37 14.2 3.1 238 10 313.7 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.05 8 650 3737 5.9 -3.0 53 8.8 1.4 237 11 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.7 4.73 9 600 4387 1.2 -5.2 62 6.5 -1.9 243 12 317.5 318.4 292.1 331.4 4.31 10 550 5081 -4.5 -7.8 77 3.4 -6.0 248 12 318.8 319.5 292.0 331.3 3.85 11 500 5823 -10.4 -12.6 84 2.2 -11.2 252 13 320.4 320.9 291.7 330.0 2.91 12 450 6626 -15.8 -20.6 67 4.7 -17.2 258 15 323.3 323.6 291.4 329.0 1.65 13 400 7505 -20.9 -36.1 24 15.2 -23.5 261 23 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.4 0.44 14 350 8475 -28.9 -34.0 61 5.1 -29.7 280 22 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.61 15 300 9561 -35.9 -43.0 48 7.1 -36.5 289 33 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.9 0.29 16 250 10807 -44.1 -52.1 41 8.0 -44.5 281 40 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.12 17 200 12275 -52.3 -70.7 9 18.4 -52.7 271 39 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14092 -62.3 -76.5 13 14.3 -62.4 262 42 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16531 -71.9 -83.5 16 11.5 -72.0 259 23 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.70 m Freezing level: 589.34 mb = 4535.33 m = 14879.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 4001.96 m = 13129.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.87 mb = 662.61 m = 2173.88 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.40 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.59 mb = 3023.84 m = 9920.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.23 C = 102.61 F Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.37 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 22.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5129.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.80 mb = 1231.60 m = 4040.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -17.2 tot: 23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 8.90 m/s