MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.81,-96.52 Latitude: 32.81 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 992 153 25.6 20.2 72 5.4 21.8 205 14 299.4 302.2 295.2 343.6 15.15 2 950 527 20.9 19.2 90 1.8 19.8 209 22 298.4 301.1 294.7 341.8 14.89 3 900 994 19.4 15.9 80 3.5 17.1 219 28 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.1 12.75 4 850 1486 17.3 12.6 74 4.7 14.3 221 25 304.3 306.3 293.4 336.6 10.84 5 800 2001 13.7 10.6 82 3.1 11.7 217 23 305.7 307.6 293.3 336.0 10.08 6 750 2542 10.0 6.6 80 3.4 7.9 215 21 307.4 308.9 292.3 332.2 8.17 7 700 3113 7.1 0.1 61 7.0 3.4 214 21 310.3 311.4 291.0 327.5 5.51 8 650 3720 4.3 -4.5 53 8.8 0.0 212 26 313.8 314.6 290.9 327.2 4.21 9 600 4366 -0.2 -7.6 57 7.4 -3.5 213 32 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.5 3.60 10 550 5056 -5.5 -8.8 78 3.3 -6.9 214 38 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.2 3.58 11 500 5797 -10.0 -14.9 67 4.9 -11.8 215 41 320.9 321.3 291.4 328.9 2.41 12 450 6605 -13.3 -36.6 12 23.3 -17.8 230 46 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.37 13 400 7491 -19.3 -36.3 21 16.9 -22.3 238 57 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.5 0.43 14 350 8469 -26.8 -40.2 27 13.5 -28.6 240 63 332.7 332.7 292.8 333.9 0.33 15 300 9561 -35.7 -44.9 38 9.2 -36.5 240 67 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.23 16 250 10800 -45.4 -51.2 52 5.8 -45.7 246 69 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.2 0.14 17 200 12273 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 253 78 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14086 -62.9 -77.9 11 15.0 -63.0 247 65 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16515 -71.7 -83.0 17 11.3 -71.8 248 34 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.11 m Freezing level: 602.19 mb = 4338.16 m = 14232.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3723.56 m = 12216.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.64 mb = 835.98 m = 2742.67 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1599.74 m = 5248.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.98 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 693.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.56 mb = 998.46 m = 3275.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.56 mb = 2272.16 m = 7454.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.56 mb = 11221.02 m = 36813.94 ft B at Equ Level: 678.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.56 mb = 13501.89 m = 44297.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.0 neg: -16.4 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 55.86 Bulk Shear: 12.41 m/s