MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 22 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 130 SFC 996 169 30.7 17.4 45 13.3 21.5 171 9 304.2 306.6 294.8 341.9 12.64 2 950 584 25.2 16.5 58 8.7 19.2 180 11 302.7 305.1 294.3 339.7 12.49 3 900 1056 20.7 15.5 72 5.1 17.2 189 11 302.8 305.1 294.2 339.6 12.42 4 850 1547 16.2 14.4 89 1.8 15.0 200 11 303.1 305.4 294.1 339.3 12.19 5 800 2062 13.8 9.7 76 4.1 11.2 232 13 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.4 9.48 6 750 2603 10.8 -1.0 44 11.8 4.7 247 11 308.3 309.2 289.7 323.0 4.74 7 700 3176 9.1 -19.8 11 28.9 -1.2 265 12 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.3 1.13 8 650 3785 5.9 -26.8 7 32.7 -4.0 284 14 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.66 9 600 4434 1.9 -28.4 8 30.3 -6.7 298 16 318.3 318.4 288.9 320.5 0.61 10 550 5129 -3.0 -22.0 21 19.0 -9.1 293 20 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.6 1.19 11 500 5876 -7.5 -27.6 18 20.0 -12.9 291 24 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.80 12 450 6689 -11.9 -25.3 32 13.4 -15.6 288 30 328.3 328.5 292.3 332.1 1.08 13 400 7581 -17.9 -26.4 47 8.6 -20.0 274 33 331.8 332.0 293.3 335.8 1.11 14 350 8564 -25.5 -31.3 58 5.8 -26.6 270 35 334.3 334.5 293.6 337.3 0.80 15 300 9660 -34.8 -35.9 89 1.1 -34.9 270 35 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.6 0.59 16 250 10905 -45.3 -47.4 79 2.2 -45.4 267 40 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.21 17 200 12354 -56.9 -57.1 97 0.3 -56.9 277 58 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.1 0.08 18 150 14124 -67.3 -73.7 40 6.3 -67.4 276 57 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.2 0.01 19 100 16521 -74.6 -83.3 25 8.7 -74.6 273 35 383.6 383.6 302.8 383.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.56 m Freezing level: 580.93 mb = 4699.22 m = 15417.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.83 mb = 3059.78 m = 10038.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.64 mb = 1845.39 m = 6054.35 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 25.58 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.17 mb = 2049.10 m = 6722.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.31 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 9.19 Risk: None Sweat Index: 218.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.26 mb = 1726.11 m = 5663.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.26 mb = 4742.73 m = 15559.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.26 mb = 11244.74 m = 36891.75 ft B at Equ Level: 126.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.26 mb = 13096.87 m = 42968.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 40.65 m/s