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: 34.93,-94.09 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 976 271 26.4 18.9 63 7.5 21.2 208 10 301.7 304.3 295.2 343.6 14.23 2 950 504 23.6 17.2 67 6.4 19.2 208 22 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.7 13.11 3 900 974 19.2 16.0 81 3.3 17.1 208 25 301.3 303.7 294.1 339.0 12.79 4 850 1463 15.3 14.6 96 0.7 14.9 213 25 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.9 12.42 5 800 1976 12.8 11.8 94 1.0 12.1 223 30 304.8 306.8 293.7 337.5 10.94 6 750 2516 9.5 9.0 96 0.6 9.2 220 32 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.65 7 700 3086 5.9 3.8 86 2.1 4.7 215 34 309.0 310.4 292.0 331.1 7.19 8 650 3691 2.9 -1.4 74 4.2 0.7 212 36 312.2 313.2 291.4 328.9 5.32 9 600 4335 -1.1 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.5 209 40 314.8 315.7 291.7 329.9 4.75 10 550 5023 -5.9 -7.4 89 1.5 -6.5 210 44 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.0 4.00 11 500 5763 -11.0 -11.5 96 0.5 -11.2 213 48 319.6 320.2 291.7 330.0 3.17 12 450 6565 -15.8 -17.0 91 1.2 -16.2 218 52 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.0 2.25 13 400 7444 -21.0 -21.5 96 0.5 -21.2 226 60 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.6 1.71 14 350 8419 -27.4 -27.4 100 -0.0 -27.3 236 66 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.0 1.16 15 300 9508 -36.3 -36.3 100 0.0 -36.3 238 70 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10748 -44.7 -45.5 91 0.8 -44.7 235 78 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.6 0.26 17 200 12208 -52.7 -68.0 14 15.3 -53.0 249 82 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14028 -60.6 -78.1 8 17.5 -60.7 254 77 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16490 -71.0 -83.5 14 12.5 -71.1 252 37 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.53 m Freezing level: 614.05 mb = 4153.79 m = 13627.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.50 mb = 3821.66 m = 12538.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.43 mb = 1220.59 m = 4004.52 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1449.42 m = 4755.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 783.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.78 mb = 1345.28 m = 4413.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.78 mb = 1904.52 m = 6248.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.78 mb = 10566.18 m = 34665.53 ft B at Equ Level: 782.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.78 mb = 13357.10 m = 43821.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -3.1 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 23.03 Bulk Shear: 34.02 m/s