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: 34.10,-94.84 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 987 181 23.5 20.1 81 3.5 21.1 222 11 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.7 15.14 2 950 514 22.2 17.9 77 4.3 19.2 222 25 299.7 302.2 294.3 339.9 13.73 3 900 982 18.3 16.4 88 2.0 17.0 220 29 300.4 302.8 294.0 338.8 13.11 4 850 1471 15.4 14.5 94 0.9 14.8 219 30 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.6 12.29 5 800 1984 12.8 11.9 94 0.9 12.2 219 31 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.7 11.02 6 750 2524 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 216 31 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.0 9.60 7 700 3095 5.9 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 212 31 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.5 7.68 8 650 3698 2.3 -0.1 85 2.3 1.0 209 35 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.8 5.86 9 600 4341 -1.5 -3.0 89 1.5 -2.3 210 42 314.4 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.11 10 550 5029 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.3 213 46 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.5 4.09 11 500 5770 -9.9 -12.7 80 2.8 -11.0 215 50 321.0 321.5 291.9 330.5 2.87 12 450 6576 -14.8 -17.6 79 2.9 -15.7 223 54 324.6 325.1 292.2 331.9 2.12 13 400 7457 -20.7 -21.2 96 0.5 -20.9 232 60 328.0 328.4 292.9 334.2 1.76 14 350 8431 -27.5 -27.8 98 0.3 -27.6 233 66 331.7 331.9 293.2 335.7 1.12 15 300 9521 -35.3 -37.4 81 2.1 -35.5 234 74 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.6 0.51 16 250 10768 -44.0 -47.1 71 3.1 -44.2 236 64 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.22 17 200 12238 -51.8 -70.2 9 18.4 -52.2 253 76 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14055 -62.7 -77.8 11 15.2 -62.8 257 73 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16498 -71.1 -83.3 15 12.3 -71.1 255 36 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.27 m Freezing level: 620.05 mb = 4083.07 m = 13395.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.52 mb = 3891.67 m = 12767.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.33 mb = 621.28 m = 2038.31 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.91 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.55 mb = 1286.33 m = 4220.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.95 mb = 1049.51 m = 3443.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.95 mb = 2005.57 m = 6579.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.95 mb = 10293.93 m = 33772.33 ft B at Equ Level: 679.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.95 mb = 13340.98 m = 43769.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.5 neg: -4.8 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 21.19 Bulk Shear: 32.24 m/s