MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.54,-97.12 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 997 168 29.6 7.0 24 22.6 16.1 35 14 303.0 304.2 289.3 322.0 6.32 2 950 596 23.9 6.1 32 17.8 13.5 40 17 301.5 302.6 288.8 320.0 6.21 3 900 1064 19.4 5.3 40 14.1 11.4 44 16 301.5 302.7 288.8 320.2 6.23 4 850 1552 14.9 4.5 50 10.4 9.0 45 14 301.7 302.9 288.8 320.3 6.21 5 800 2064 15.5 -2.6 29 18.1 6.3 277 7 307.7 308.4 288.7 320.0 3.94 6 750 2608 12.7 -9.0 21 21.8 3.0 264 17 310.4 310.9 288.3 318.6 2.57 7 700 3182 8.2 -14.3 19 22.5 -0.7 261 18 311.5 311.9 287.9 317.4 1.80 8 650 3788 4.6 -24.5 10 29.2 -4.4 273 17 314.2 314.4 287.8 317.0 0.80 9 600 4437 2.1 -33.2 5 35.3 -7.0 290 21 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.39 10 550 5133 -1.8 -38.3 4 36.5 -9.9 294 23 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.9 0.25 11 500 5883 -6.5 -41.3 4 34.8 -13.2 298 23 325.2 325.2 290.6 325.9 0.21 12 450 6697 -12.6 -35.4 13 22.9 -17.3 298 26 327.4 327.5 291.4 329.0 0.42 13 400 7584 -18.5 -44.4 8 25.8 -22.3 302 26 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.19 14 350 8564 -26.4 -46.9 13 20.4 -28.7 296 31 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 15 300 9657 -35.4 -48.3 25 12.9 -36.4 301 42 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.16 16 250 10900 -45.1 -56.6 27 11.4 -45.6 299 53 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.07 17 200 12352 -56.5 -62.9 44 6.5 -56.6 300 61 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14124 -67.6 -72.9 47 5.3 -67.6 293 56 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.8 0.01 19 100 16518 -74.3 -82.7 26 8.4 -74.3 280 37 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.50 m Freezing level: 573.41 mb = 4806.77 m = 15770.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.26 mb = 3072.69 m = 10080.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.45 mb = 2988.78 m = 9805.58 ft T: 9.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 3.35 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 555.37 mb = 5055.02 m = 16584.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.14 C = 118.65 F Cap Strength: 9.22 C Lifted Index: 9.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.50 C Showalter Index: 9.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: 10.93 C K Index: 3.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 104.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8044.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.31 mb = 2875.14 m = 9432.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.7 neg: -13.0 tot: 35.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 85.99 m/s