MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.07,-95.25 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -95.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 994 169 23.7 17.2 67 6.5 19.4 184 6 297.4 299.7 292.7 333.8 12.56 2 950 558 19.5 16.2 81 3.3 17.3 195 12 296.9 299.2 292.4 332.4 12.27 3 900 1023 17.6 12.5 72 5.1 14.3 200 18 299.6 301.5 291.5 329.4 10.16 4 850 1509 14.2 9.7 74 4.5 11.4 193 18 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.4 8.93 5 800 2018 10.7 7.6 81 3.1 8.9 194 16 302.6 304.1 290.9 327.1 8.23 6 750 2556 11.0 -4.9 32 15.9 3.4 198 15 308.5 309.2 288.6 319.6 3.53 7 700 3131 9.9 -7.2 29 17.1 2.0 206 14 313.5 314.1 289.9 323.7 3.18 8 650 3742 5.7 -3.1 53 8.8 1.3 219 16 315.4 316.3 291.8 330.4 4.69 9 600 4391 0.5 -4.5 69 5.0 -2.0 233 18 316.7 317.6 292.0 331.3 4.55 10 550 5082 -5.2 -7.4 85 2.1 -6.2 239 21 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.9 4.00 11 500 5825 -10.1 -13.3 77 3.2 -11.3 252 21 320.7 321.2 291.6 329.8 2.73 12 450 6628 -15.9 -18.3 81 2.5 -16.6 258 18 323.3 323.7 291.7 330.1 2.01 13 400 7505 -21.8 -26.1 68 4.3 -22.8 268 21 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.7 1.14 14 350 8474 -29.2 -33.6 66 4.3 -29.9 270 25 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.64 15 300 9557 -36.4 -47.0 33 10.6 -37.3 282 32 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.18 16 250 10801 -44.3 -59.8 16 15.5 -44.9 283 40 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12270 -52.1 -70.7 9 18.7 -52.4 268 42 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14087 -61.5 -77.3 11 15.8 -61.7 266 41 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16534 -71.4 -83.7 14 12.3 -71.5 254 23 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.44 m Freezing level: 595.75 mb = 4450.06 m = 14599.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.60 mb = 3987.85 m = 13083.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.37 mb = 990.74 m = 3250.41 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1614.10 m = 5295.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.00 C Showalter Index: 2.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 16.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 378.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.13 mb = 1193.46 m = 3915.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 467.13 mb = 6343.09 m = 20810.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.13 mb = 6844.14 m = 22454.26 ft B at Equ Level: 9.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 387.13 mb = 7742.60 m = 25401.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.7 neg: -11.3 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 11.56 m/s