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: 32.99,-96.85 Latitude: 32.99 Longitude: -96.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 991 172 21.6 17.0 75 4.6 18.5 183 7 295.5 297.7 292.0 331.1 12.39 2 950 542 20.2 15.2 73 5.0 16.9 197 20 297.7 299.8 292.0 331.1 11.52 3 900 1008 18.2 13.2 73 5.0 15.0 196 19 300.3 302.3 292.2 331.7 10.68 4 850 1496 15.0 11.8 81 3.2 13.0 198 14 301.8 303.7 292.3 332.3 10.29 5 800 2008 12.4 5.5 63 6.9 8.5 217 9 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.8 7.11 6 750 2549 12.8 -9.6 20 22.3 2.9 238 9 310.4 310.9 288.2 318.4 2.47 7 700 3125 10.1 -4.4 36 14.6 2.9 238 10 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.93 8 650 3737 5.8 -2.9 54 8.7 1.4 236 11 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.8 4.77 9 600 4387 1.3 -5.3 62 6.5 -1.9 244 12 317.6 318.4 292.1 331.4 4.30 10 550 5080 -4.5 -7.8 78 3.3 -6.0 247 13 318.8 319.5 292.1 331.4 3.88 11 500 5823 -10.4 -12.1 88 1.7 -11.1 251 13 320.4 321.0 291.8 330.4 3.04 12 450 6625 -16.0 -19.5 74 3.5 -17.1 259 15 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.3 1.81 13 400 7504 -21.0 -36.7 23 15.7 -23.6 262 23 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.41 14 350 8474 -29.0 -33.7 64 4.7 -29.7 279 22 329.7 329.8 292.3 332.0 0.63 15 300 9560 -35.9 -43.3 47 7.4 -36.7 290 32 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.28 16 250 10805 -44.1 -51.8 42 7.6 -44.6 282 40 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.13 17 200 12273 -52.4 -70.8 9 18.5 -52.7 272 39 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14090 -62.2 -76.7 13 14.5 -62.3 262 42 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16530 -71.9 -83.5 16 11.6 -71.9 259 24 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.00 m Freezing level: 589.06 mb = 4538.64 m = 14890.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.65 mb = 4008.05 m = 13149.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.53 mb = 757.94 m = 2486.65 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.90 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 2001.58 m = 6566.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.32 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 22.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5220.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.94 mb = 1249.41 m = 4099.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -15.3 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 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: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 8.95 m/s