MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.02,-99.76 Latitude: 33.02 Longitude: -99.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 952 484 20.7 15.4 72 5.3 17.2 237 12 298.0 300.1 292.2 331.7 11.60 2 950 503 21.0 15.1 69 5.8 17.1 236 13 298.5 300.6 292.2 331.8 11.46 3 900 971 20.5 10.4 52 10.1 14.2 262 29 302.7 304.3 291.4 328.9 8.83 4 850 1462 17.2 8.4 56 8.9 11.9 268 29 304.2 305.7 291.3 328.6 8.15 5 800 1977 13.6 5.8 59 7.9 9.0 266 24 305.7 307.0 291.0 327.6 7.22 6 750 2517 9.8 3.1 63 6.7 6.1 251 21 307.3 308.5 290.8 326.8 6.40 7 700 3087 6.3 4.8 90 1.5 5.4 223 25 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.2 7.74 8 650 3692 2.9 0.5 84 2.4 1.6 215 30 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.3 6.12 9 600 4336 -1.3 -4.9 77 3.6 -3.0 215 33 314.6 315.5 291.3 328.8 4.44 10 550 5024 -6.2 -7.5 90 1.4 -6.8 213 37 316.8 317.5 291.6 329.5 3.95 11 500 5765 -9.8 -11.3 89 1.5 -10.4 216 47 321.1 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.22 12 450 6572 -14.4 -17.4 78 2.9 -15.4 224 56 325.1 325.5 292.4 332.5 2.18 13 400 7454 -20.3 -27.5 52 7.2 -22.0 232 64 328.6 328.8 292.3 332.2 1.00 14 350 8429 -27.5 -37.8 37 10.4 -29.0 238 74 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.3 0.42 15 300 9518 -36.2 -41.6 57 5.4 -36.7 239 80 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.33 16 250 10754 -46.2 -53.3 44 7.1 -46.5 241 85 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.8 0.11 17 200 12223 -51.1 -70.5 8 19.4 -51.5 249 89 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14051 -60.8 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.0 250 74 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16487 -70.9 -83.5 14 12.6 -70.9 255 36 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.26 m Freezing level: 615.53 mb = 4136.05 m = 13569.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.59 mb = 3910.62 m = 12829.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.18 mb = 1162.29 m = 3813.23 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 4.99 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.02 mb = 2808.24 m = 9213.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 33.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5889.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.91 mb = 2051.15 m = 6729.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 41.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 33.94 m/s