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: 34.54,-98.47 Latitude: 34.54 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 963 351 31.8 -1.1 12 32.9 14.0 259 17 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.6 3.65 2 950 470 29.4 -2.2 13 31.7 12.7 258 22 307.1 307.7 288.0 317.7 3.41 3 900 946 24.7 -3.3 15 27.9 10.4 256 24 306.9 307.5 287.9 317.3 3.33 4 850 1441 19.9 -4.0 20 23.9 8.0 254 24 307.0 307.6 287.9 317.4 3.34 5 800 1957 14.9 -4.8 25 19.7 5.4 254 24 307.0 307.7 287.9 317.5 3.33 6 750 2498 9.7 -5.8 33 15.5 2.5 255 24 307.1 307.7 287.9 317.4 3.29 7 700 3065 4.3 -7.1 43 11.5 -0.7 261 24 307.3 307.9 287.9 317.3 3.20 8 650 3663 0.1 -12.1 39 12.2 -4.6 286 31 309.1 309.5 287.6 316.5 2.32 9 600 4298 -5.0 -19.1 32 14.1 -9.4 288 34 310.3 310.6 287.1 315.0 1.41 10 550 4976 -8.4 -31.6 13 23.2 -13.5 287 38 314.1 314.2 287.4 315.9 0.50 11 500 5709 -13.4 -24.8 37 11.5 -16.3 292 43 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.2 1.02 12 450 6500 -19.6 -28.8 44 9.2 -21.4 282 47 318.7 318.8 289.2 321.4 0.79 13 400 7366 -24.0 -49.6 8 25.6 -26.6 275 51 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.10 14 350 8338 -25.7 -56.5 4 30.8 -28.3 268 61 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 15 300 9438 -33.1 -61.0 4 27.9 -34.7 266 70 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.03 16 250 10699 -39.9 -67.8 3 28.0 -40.9 277 56 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.9 0.02 17 200 12193 -50.1 -71.6 6 21.5 -50.5 253 58 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.1 -77.8 9 16.7 -61.3 256 54 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16479 -69.1 -83.5 11 14.3 -69.2 244 36 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.81 m Freezing level: 649.20 mb = 3672.99 m = 12050.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.16 mb = 2934.60 m = 9627.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 594.18 mb = 4373.48 m = 14348.52 ft T: -5.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 534.18 mb = 5200.53 m = 17061.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.41 C = 101.14 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 33.26 C Cross Totals Index: 9.38 C K Index: 17.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9421.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 594.21 mb = 4373.11 m = 14347.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.5 neg: -4.1 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 20.26 m/s