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: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 966 350 23.4 14.2 56 9.2 17.4 169 9 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.7 10.63 2 950 492 26.8 12.8 42 13.9 17.7 179 25 304.4 306.2 292.7 333.8 9.85 3 900 969 25.0 11.9 44 13.1 16.4 188 32 307.2 309.1 293.5 336.7 9.74 4 850 1467 20.9 11.1 53 9.8 14.6 197 27 308.1 309.9 293.8 337.9 9.82 5 800 1988 16.5 9.9 65 6.6 12.3 208 26 308.8 310.6 293.9 338.1 9.65 6 750 2535 12.9 6.6 66 6.3 9.1 229 25 310.6 312.1 293.3 335.8 8.20 7 700 3111 8.7 1.8 62 7.0 4.9 240 27 312.1 313.3 292.2 331.6 6.22 8 650 3720 4.3 -2.8 60 7.2 0.7 248 31 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.0 4.78 9 600 4366 -0.1 -9.7 49 9.6 -4.2 247 33 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.9 3.05 10 550 5056 -4.9 -17.1 38 12.2 -9.1 244 33 318.3 318.6 290.1 324.4 1.83 11 500 5798 -10.3 -22.3 37 12.0 -13.7 243 34 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.9 1.28 12 450 6602 -14.4 -30.4 24 16.0 -18.0 244 37 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.5 0.67 13 400 7486 -19.8 -34.8 25 15.0 -22.5 250 39 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.50 14 350 8461 -27.6 -40.7 28 13.1 -29.3 253 44 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.31 15 300 9549 -36.7 -45.1 41 8.5 -37.4 256 56 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.6 0.23 16 250 10784 -46.3 -51.4 56 5.1 -46.6 263 64 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.13 17 200 12237 -54.0 -66.5 20 12.5 -54.2 251 71 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14052 -62.2 -78.5 10 16.3 -62.3 249 66 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16505 -71.8 -83.3 16 11.5 -71.9 245 27 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.49 m Freezing level: 601.47 mb = 4346.94 m = 14261.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3811.43 m = 12504.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.02 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.65 mb = 1531.81 m = 5025.56 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3196.25 m = 10486.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.13 C = 97.03 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 408.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 256.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.78 mb = 2436.44 m = 7993.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 583.78 mb = 4583.52 m = 15037.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.78 mb = 7231.91 m = 23726.45 ft B at Equ Level: 91.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.78 mb = 11220.89 m = 36813.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 218.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 70.36 m/s