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: 34.65,-94.06 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -94.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 969 339 25.9 18.5 64 7.4 20.8 200 11 301.8 304.4 295.0 343.0 13.96 2 950 507 23.5 17.3 68 6.2 19.3 202 22 301.1 303.5 294.3 339.9 13.20 3 900 977 19.2 16.0 82 3.2 17.1 203 26 301.3 303.6 294.1 339.1 12.84 4 850 1466 15.2 14.8 98 0.4 15.0 205 26 302.0 304.4 294.1 339.1 12.56 5 800 1979 12.8 11.8 93 1.0 12.1 213 31 304.8 306.9 293.7 337.5 10.93 6 750 2519 9.9 8.6 92 1.3 9.1 215 33 307.3 309.1 293.3 335.7 9.38 7 700 3090 6.4 4.0 85 2.3 5.0 216 34 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.0 7.32 8 650 3695 3.2 -0.8 75 4.0 1.1 214 36 312.6 313.6 291.7 330.0 5.56 9 600 4340 -0.8 -4.0 79 3.2 -2.4 213 39 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.3 4.74 10 550 5029 -5.7 -7.5 87 1.9 -6.5 213 43 317.4 318.1 291.7 330.1 3.94 11 500 5770 -11.0 -11.7 94 0.7 -11.3 215 45 319.6 320.3 291.7 329.9 3.12 12 450 6572 -15.6 -18.0 81 2.5 -16.3 219 51 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.7 2.06 13 400 7452 -20.9 -23.6 79 2.7 -21.6 229 58 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.42 14 350 8426 -27.5 -27.5 100 -0.0 -27.5 236 66 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.15 15 300 9516 -36.0 -35.9 100 -0.0 -36.0 239 71 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10758 -44.7 -44.9 97 0.3 -44.7 238 75 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.28 17 200 12218 -52.7 -68.4 13 15.8 -53.0 249 85 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14038 -61.1 -78.5 8 17.4 -61.2 252 78 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16495 -70.9 -83.4 14 12.5 -70.9 258 36 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.39 m Freezing level: 610.28 mb = 4207.64 m = 13804.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.89 mb = 3897.58 m = 12787.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.82 mb = 1278.52 m = 4194.56 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1432.65 m = 4700.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.80 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.59 mb = 1350.06 m = 4429.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.59 mb = 2014.38 m = 6608.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.59 mb = 10580.38 m = 34712.11 ft B at Equ Level: 699.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.59 mb = 13374.25 m = 43878.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 23.14 Bulk Shear: 30.37 m/s