MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.70,-99.88 Latitude: 32.70 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 1 950 485 SFC 944 538 27.0 15.4 49 11.6 19.1 169 9 305.1 307.2 294.3 340.1 11.70 3 900 965 26.8 13.2 43 13.6 17.7 184 19 309.2 311.2 294.7 341.6 10.64 4 850 1467 22.4 12.2 52 10.2 15.7 202 18 309.6 311.6 294.7 341.8 10.55 5 800 1990 17.7 10.9 65 6.8 13.3 214 17 310.0 312.0 294.7 341.5 10.31 6 750 2539 13.1 8.9 76 4.2 10.4 225 18 310.8 312.6 294.4 340.3 9.61 7 700 3115 9.0 5.0 76 3.9 6.6 235 18 312.4 313.9 293.5 336.8 7.85 8 650 3726 5.0 -0.0 70 5.0 2.3 243 20 314.6 315.7 292.6 333.1 5.89 9 600 4374 0.6 -5.7 63 6.3 -2.4 243 23 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.2 4.17 10 550 5067 -4.1 -13.1 50 9.0 -7.6 241 25 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.6 2.54 11 500 5810 -9.3 -18.8 46 9.4 -12.4 240 28 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.5 1.73 12 450 6618 -13.6 -27.6 30 14.0 -17.1 247 32 326.1 326.3 291.5 329.3 0.88 13 400 7504 -19.2 -32.5 30 13.3 -21.9 263 31 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.3 0.62 14 350 8482 -26.8 -37.7 35 10.9 -28.4 266 38 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.43 15 300 9573 -35.6 -44.3 40 8.7 -36.4 265 52 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.2 0.25 16 250 10816 -44.8 -51.7 46 6.9 -45.2 271 50 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 17 200 12275 -53.5 -65.3 22 11.8 -53.7 252 56 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14090 -63.7 -77.7 13 14.0 -63.8 250 51 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16513 -72.5 -82.9 19 10.4 -72.5 242 29 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.62 m Freezing level: 593.81 mb = 4459.58 m = 14631.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.41 mb = 4037.86 m = 13247.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.48 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.25 mb = 2019.56 m = 6625.76 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.20 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 2983.50 m = 9788.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.82 C = 92.88 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 39.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.91 mb = 2561.89 m = 8405.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.91 mb = 3688.76 m = 12102.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.91 mb = 11004.16 m = 36102.44 ft B at Equ Level: 569.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.91 mb = 13568.72 m = 44516.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 88.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 15.46 Bulk Shear: 37.02 m/s