MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.2,-93.1 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 996 84 28.4 17.9 53 10.5 21.1 197 6 301.9 304.3 294.4 340.4 13.05 2 950 506 26.2 15.3 51 10.9 18.8 204 18 303.8 305.9 293.9 338.3 11.59 3 900 979 21.8 14.2 62 7.5 16.8 206 22 304.0 306.1 293.8 337.9 11.41 4 850 1472 17.3 13.1 77 4.2 14.6 209 25 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.7 11.22 5 800 1987 12.8 11.6 92 1.3 12.0 212 27 304.8 306.8 293.6 337.0 10.76 6 750 2527 9.6 9.6 100 0.0 9.6 219 31 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.4 10.05 7 700 3098 6.9 5.1 88 1.8 5.8 231 40 310.1 311.6 292.9 334.3 7.87 8 650 3705 3.7 -1.8 67 5.5 0.8 228 42 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.16 9 600 4350 -0.5 -5.3 70 4.8 -2.8 223 42 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.3 4.29 10 550 5041 -4.9 -8.7 75 3.8 -6.5 224 44 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.0 3.61 11 500 5784 -9.3 -12.8 75 3.5 -10.6 228 49 321.8 322.3 292.0 331.3 2.86 12 450 6592 -13.8 -17.3 75 3.5 -15.0 232 54 325.8 326.3 292.6 333.3 2.18 13 400 7477 -20.0 -20.6 95 0.6 -20.2 237 60 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.5 1.85 14 350 8454 -26.8 -27.5 94 0.7 -26.9 239 65 332.7 332.9 293.5 336.8 1.15 15 300 9548 -34.6 -36.1 86 1.5 -34.8 244 70 336.6 336.8 294.0 338.8 0.58 16 250 10799 -42.9 -44.2 87 1.3 -43.0 248 66 342.3 342.4 295.1 343.5 0.30 17 200 12270 -52.3 -62.8 27 10.5 -52.6 257 74 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.04 18 150 14083 -63.1 -77.8 12 14.7 -63.2 258 63 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16508 -72.2 -83.0 18 10.7 -72.2 259 36 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.31 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4275.24 m = 14026.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.44 mb = 3849.74 m = 12630.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.88 mb = 1422.91 m = 4668.29 ft T: 17.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.83 mb = 1956.99 m = 6420.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.36 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.36 C K Index: 37.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.98 mb = 1787.91 m = 5865.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.98 mb = 2263.67 m = 7426.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.98 mb = 9454.34 m = 31017.79 ft B at Equ Level: 305.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.98 mb = 11824.39 m = 38793.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 4.43 Bulk Shear: 69.37 m/s