MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-94.06 Latitude: 34.04 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 63 SFC 989 160 17.7 16.8 94 0.9 17.1 222 6 291.8 294.0 290.7 326.5 12.25 2 950 503 19.0 14.7 76 4.4 16.2 241 28 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.6 11.11 3 900 969 18.9 12.7 67 6.2 14.9 250 37 301.0 302.9 292.1 331.4 10.30 4 850 1459 16.4 9.0 61 7.4 11.9 263 39 303.3 304.9 291.3 328.6 8.48 5 800 1971 12.2 4.6 59 7.7 7.9 266 38 304.2 305.4 290.0 324.2 6.65 6 750 2508 8.2 -0.9 53 9.1 3.6 264 38 305.5 306.4 288.8 320.2 4.78 7 700 3074 4.6 -9.1 36 13.7 -1.2 264 40 307.6 308.1 287.5 316.2 2.74 8 650 3673 0.8 -19.9 19 20.8 -5.8 264 46 309.9 310.2 286.7 313.9 1.21 9 600 4312 -2.6 -11.1 52 8.6 -6.0 257 54 313.1 313.7 289.3 321.9 2.72 10 550 4999 -5.8 -11.6 64 5.8 -8.1 252 51 317.2 317.8 290.7 326.6 2.87 11 500 5741 -9.5 -12.2 81 2.7 -10.6 239 50 321.4 322.0 292.1 331.4 3.00 12 450 6548 -13.4 -14.9 88 1.5 -14.0 221 51 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.4 2.67 13 400 7435 -19.7 -20.5 94 0.7 -20.0 219 56 329.4 329.7 293.3 335.9 1.88 14 350 8415 -26.2 -41.9 22 15.6 -28.3 228 52 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.28 15 300 9511 -34.2 -60.5 5 26.3 -35.7 248 41 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.4 0.04 16 250 10761 -43.5 -63.4 9 19.9 -44.2 235 48 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.03 17 200 12235 -49.9 -71.2 6 21.3 -50.4 259 54 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14067 -62.6 -76.7 13 14.1 -62.7 247 37 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16497 -71.1 -83.3 15 12.2 -71.2 258 35 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.54 m Freezing level: 637.61 mb = 3831.46 m = 12570.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.60 mb = 2927.86 m = 9605.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.21 mb = 278.34 m = 913.16 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.42 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2032.51 m = 6668.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: 2.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.90 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 21.15 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5806.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.04 mb = 1180.80 m = 3873.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 31.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 240.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 68.81 m/s