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: 33.30,-96.97 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 200 22.9 19.5 81 3.4 20.6 194 12 297.4 300.1 294.3 339.9 14.67 2 950 508 20.8 18.9 89 1.9 19.5 199 24 298.3 301.0 294.6 340.9 14.65 3 900 976 20.3 15.9 76 4.4 17.4 218 33 302.5 304.8 294.4 340.2 12.77 4 850 1469 18.2 12.9 71 5.3 14.8 225 29 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.5 11.09 5 800 1986 14.6 10.0 74 4.5 11.7 226 24 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.70 6 750 2529 11.2 6.7 74 4.5 8.5 222 18 308.7 310.3 292.8 333.9 8.25 7 700 3103 8.0 3.4 73 4.6 5.4 218 16 311.3 312.7 292.6 333.1 7.01 8 650 3711 4.2 -1.0 69 5.2 1.5 210 20 313.7 314.8 292.0 331.0 5.48 9 600 4358 -0.2 -5.0 70 4.8 -2.6 211 26 315.8 316.7 291.7 329.9 4.39 10 550 5048 -5.1 -9.6 71 4.5 -7.0 218 32 318.0 318.6 291.4 328.9 3.35 11 500 5790 -9.5 -21.5 37 12.0 -13.1 230 35 321.5 321.7 290.6 326.2 1.38 12 450 6598 -13.7 -20.0 59 6.3 -15.7 232 40 326.0 326.4 292.3 332.0 1.73 13 400 7483 -19.9 -32.5 31 12.7 -22.4 238 46 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.5 0.62 14 350 8458 -27.1 -39.3 31 12.1 -28.8 243 54 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.5 0.36 15 300 9549 -35.9 -45.0 38 9.2 -36.7 242 61 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.23 16 250 10788 -46.2 -48.8 74 2.7 -46.3 244 61 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.18 17 200 12250 -51.8 -69.3 11 17.5 -52.2 250 75 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14061 -63.0 -77.3 13 14.3 -63.1 247 68 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16496 -71.8 -83.0 17 11.2 -71.9 248 37 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.55 m Freezing level: 602.76 mb = 4322.06 m = 14179.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.64 mb = 3942.66 m = 12935.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.50 mb = 631.85 m = 2072.99 ft T: 20.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.06 mb = 1837.73 m = 6029.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 624.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.53 mb = 1067.48 m = 3502.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.53 mb = 3274.51 m = 10743.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.53 mb = 11178.49 m = 36674.39 ft B at Equ Level: 613.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.53 mb = 13440.64 m = 44096.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 249.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.9 neg: -26.9 tot: 94.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 55.31 Bulk Shear: 11.28 m/s