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: 33.50,-95.79 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 989 169 25.5 19.0 67 6.5 21.0 253 16 299.6 302.2 294.6 340.9 14.15 2 950 519 21.8 16.4 72 5.3 18.2 251 24 299.3 301.5 293.2 335.6 12.46 3 900 986 17.8 14.3 80 3.4 15.5 249 24 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.5 11.49 4 850 1473 14.4 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 245 25 301.2 303.2 292.6 333.4 10.94 5 800 1984 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 232 26 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.76 6 750 2524 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 216 28 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.7 9.60 7 700 3093 5.7 4.1 89 1.6 4.8 209 30 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.2 7.33 8 650 3696 2.2 -0.0 85 2.2 1.0 209 35 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.8 5.88 9 600 4340 -1.0 -3.3 84 2.4 -2.1 213 44 315.0 315.9 291.9 330.8 4.98 10 550 5030 -5.2 -9.1 74 3.9 -6.9 217 51 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.3 3.49 11 500 5771 -10.0 -14.7 68 4.7 -11.7 221 54 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.0 2.45 12 450 6576 -15.0 -17.7 80 2.7 -15.9 227 58 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.11 13 400 7457 -20.7 -21.6 93 0.8 -21.0 231 66 328.0 328.4 292.8 334.0 1.70 14 350 8431 -27.5 -30.8 73 3.3 -28.1 233 73 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.8 0.84 15 300 9523 -34.9 -40.1 59 5.2 -35.5 231 74 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.39 16 250 10774 -42.6 -56.0 22 13.4 -43.2 245 70 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 17 200 12252 -51.2 -70.9 8 19.7 -51.5 254 71 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.8 -78.4 10 15.6 -62.9 255 68 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16508 -71.7 -83.4 16 11.7 -71.8 260 31 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.28 m Freezing level: 615.47 mb = 4140.95 m = 13585.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.95 mb = 3897.55 m = 12787.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.94 mb = 986.67 m = 3237.07 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 7.50 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1420.44 m = 4660.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.95 C = 80.51 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.19 mb = 1233.99 m = 4048.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.19 mb = 2643.41 m = 8672.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.19 mb = 8653.34 m = 28389.89 ft B at Equ Level: 197.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.19 mb = 10795.14 m = 35416.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 35.8 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -1.8 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 54.95 m/s