MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-96.73 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -96.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 989 166 26.0 18.6 64 7.4 20.8 257 12 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.2 13.73 2 950 522 22.3 16.7 71 5.6 18.5 257 18 299.8 302.2 293.6 337.1 12.72 3 900 990 18.3 15.3 83 3.0 16.3 257 20 300.3 302.6 293.3 336.1 12.22 4 850 1477 14.7 13.4 92 1.3 13.8 254 21 301.5 303.6 293.1 335.3 11.44 5 800 1989 11.9 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 240 24 303.8 305.8 293.2 335.5 10.62 6 750 2528 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.1 223 28 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.8 9.63 7 700 3099 6.4 4.9 90 1.5 5.5 214 30 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.5 7.80 8 650 3704 3.4 -0.1 78 3.5 1.5 216 38 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.2 5.85 9 600 4349 -0.7 -7.0 62 6.3 -3.5 220 45 315.4 316.1 291.0 327.5 3.78 10 550 5038 -5.4 -11.6 62 6.2 -7.9 222 50 317.6 318.2 290.9 327.0 2.85 11 500 5780 -10.0 -14.4 70 4.4 -11.6 229 55 320.9 321.3 291.5 329.2 2.51 12 450 6585 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -16.1 234 62 324.3 324.7 292.0 331.2 2.03 13 400 7465 -20.8 -24.0 75 3.3 -21.6 236 69 328.0 328.3 292.5 332.8 1.37 14 350 8439 -27.2 -33.3 56 6.2 -28.2 238 76 332.1 332.3 292.9 334.6 0.66 15 300 9534 -34.1 -47.7 24 13.6 -35.3 242 70 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.17 16 250 10787 -42.4 -59.5 14 17.1 -43.2 251 72 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 17 200 12270 -50.5 -71.8 6 21.3 -51.0 258 73 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14091 -63.2 -77.8 12 14.6 -63.3 259 61 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16518 -71.5 -83.1 16 11.6 -71.6 259 35 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.95 m Freezing level: 607.97 mb = 4246.35 m = 13931.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.78 mb = 3895.02 m = 12778.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.39 mb = 1100.47 m = 3610.42 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 8.85 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1414.92 m = 4642.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.64 mb = 1253.07 m = 4111.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.64 mb = 1804.88 m = 5921.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.64 mb = 8908.03 m = 29225.46 ft B at Equ Level: 299.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.64 mb = 11409.81 m = 37433.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.48 Bulk Shear: 67.44 m/s