MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.04,-100.00 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 493 SFC 949 502 24.8 16.2 59 8.6 18.9 180 13 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.7 12.28 3 900 970 25.7 14.0 48 11.7 17.8 193 29 308.0 310.1 294.8 342.0 11.24 4 850 1471 22.4 12.0 52 10.4 15.5 212 21 309.6 311.6 294.6 341.3 10.40 5 800 1994 17.9 9.9 59 8.1 12.8 228 19 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.7 9.60 6 750 2543 13.1 7.6 69 5.5 9.7 241 19 310.8 312.5 293.7 337.7 8.76 7 700 3119 8.8 4.4 74 4.3 6.2 241 19 312.2 313.6 293.2 335.6 7.54 8 650 3728 4.6 -0.0 72 4.6 2.1 241 22 314.2 315.3 292.4 332.7 5.89 9 600 4376 0.4 -10.4 44 10.8 -4.2 242 26 316.6 317.1 290.6 325.9 2.88 10 550 5067 -4.4 -19.0 31 14.7 -9.2 240 28 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.1 1.54 11 500 5810 -9.4 -29.1 18 19.7 -14.2 239 31 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.0 0.69 12 450 6617 -13.5 -38.5 10 25.0 -18.1 242 36 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.30 13 400 7503 -19.4 -43.0 10 23.6 -22.8 241 37 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.21 14 350 8480 -27.3 -45.1 17 17.8 -29.3 249 47 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.7 0.19 15 300 9570 -35.9 -47.4 30 11.4 -36.9 255 57 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.18 16 250 10811 -45.2 -54.3 35 9.1 -45.6 262 60 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 17 200 12269 -52.9 -67.8 15 14.9 -53.2 253 66 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14086 -63.2 -77.4 13 14.2 -63.3 246 57 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16513 -72.0 -83.3 17 11.3 -72.1 247 31 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.79 m Freezing level: 596.05 mb = 4430.37 m = 14535.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.18 mb = 3940.47 m = 12927.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.77 % Est. max temperature: 32.54 C = 90.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.97 mb = 1603.99 m = 5262.39 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.88 mb = 2861.69 m = 9388.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.80 C = 92.83 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 39.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 622.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 166.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.47 mb = 2335.84 m = 7663.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.47 mb = 3559.64 m = 11678.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.47 mb = 11257.64 m = 36934.06 ft B at Equ Level: 609.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.47 mb = 13542.88 m = 44431.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.8 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 262.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 107.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 15.55 Bulk Shear: 40.05 m/s