MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F177.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F177.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 177 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 31.59,-97.21 Latitude: 31.59 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 993 187 31.0 5.5 20 25.6 16.0 327 7 304.8 305.9 289.4 322.1 5.69 2 950 574 25.9 4.6 25 21.3 13.6 318 8 303.5 304.5 288.8 320.3 5.58 3 900 1045 21.3 3.7 32 17.6 11.4 308 8 303.4 304.5 288.8 320.2 5.55 4 850 1535 16.6 2.7 39 13.9 9.0 301 9 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.2 5.48 5 800 2047 13.3 -1.8 35 15.1 5.7 289 14 305.3 306.1 288.2 318.2 4.19 6 750 2589 11.6 -10.9 19 22.5 2.0 284 21 309.2 309.6 287.5 316.3 2.21 7 700 3161 8.4 -20.2 11 28.7 -1.5 280 23 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.5 1.09 8 650 3768 4.8 -30.0 6 34.8 -4.8 280 25 314.4 314.4 287.5 316.1 0.49 9 600 4415 0.7 -32.4 6 33.1 -7.7 283 26 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.5 0.42 10 550 5107 -3.6 -33.6 8 30.0 -10.6 281 29 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.3 0.41 11 500 5853 -7.8 -31.5 13 23.7 -13.5 277 36 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.55 12 450 6663 -13.5 -22.1 49 8.5 -16.0 277 43 326.2 326.5 292.0 331.3 1.45 13 400 7548 -20.0 -25.9 60 5.8 -21.5 274 46 328.9 329.2 292.6 333.1 1.16 14 350 8524 -27.2 -35.1 47 7.9 -28.5 275 50 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.2 0.55 15 300 9613 -36.3 -41.1 61 4.8 -36.8 273 53 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.6 0.35 16 250 10852 -45.9 -48.5 75 2.6 -46.1 272 60 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.5 0.19 17 200 12297 -58.0 -59.3 85 1.3 -58.0 277 67 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.06 18 150 14067 -66.2 -74.9 28 8.8 -66.2 275 66 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16497 -68.9 -83.2 11 14.2 -69.0 285 32 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.20 m Freezing level: 591.41 mb = 4533.58 m = 14873.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.39 mb = 2911.30 m = 9551.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 683.13 mb = 3360.88 m = 11026.37 ft T: 7.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 559.38 mb = 4972.43 m = 16313.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.43 C = 113.77 F Cap Strength: 7.68 C Lifted Index: 8.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.31 C Showalter Index: 8.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 10.54 C K Index: -1.50 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8330.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.96 mb = 3267.51 m = 10720.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 313.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 32.94 m/s