MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.51,-97.15 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 108 SFC 993 173 33.2 15.8 35 17.5 21.2 181 12 307.0 309.2 294.7 341.4 11.42 2 950 566 27.8 14.9 45 12.9 19.1 182 17 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.2 11.28 3 900 1041 23.2 14.0 56 9.2 17.1 183 17 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.1 11.23 4 850 1536 18.5 13.1 71 5.4 14.9 184 16 305.5 307.6 294.1 339.1 11.20 5 800 2053 13.7 11.9 89 1.8 12.5 186 16 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.8 11.00 6 750 2596 12.4 4.9 60 7.6 8.0 220 14 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.4 7.24 7 700 3172 8.5 2.3 65 6.2 5.1 254 13 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.1 6.48 8 650 3780 4.3 -3.5 57 7.7 0.4 298 16 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.3 4.56 9 600 4427 0.4 -14.8 31 15.2 -5.4 295 15 316.6 317.0 289.8 323.3 2.02 10 550 5119 -3.3 -27.2 14 23.9 -9.9 268 17 320.2 320.3 289.6 322.8 0.75 11 500 5866 -8.0 -28.9 17 20.9 -13.3 252 23 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.8 0.70 12 450 6676 -13.5 -29.9 24 16.4 -17.3 258 27 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.8 0.71 13 400 7560 -19.9 -47.0 7 27.1 -23.4 264 34 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.14 14 350 8535 -27.4 -42.0 24 14.6 -29.2 264 41 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.27 15 300 9625 -36.0 -45.1 39 9.1 -36.8 269 48 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.6 0.23 16 250 10863 -46.2 -51.9 52 5.7 -46.5 271 51 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12309 -57.7 -59.6 79 1.8 -57.8 276 65 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.06 18 150 14088 -65.0 -75.4 22 10.4 -65.1 271 64 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16518 -70.6 -83.2 14 12.6 -70.7 280 32 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.96 m Freezing level: 594.43 mb = 4503.73 m = 14775.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.29 mb = 3826.13 m = 12552.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 771.33 mb = 2360.38 m = 7743.93 ft T: 12.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.88 mb = 2823.13 m = 9262.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.02 C = 98.64 F Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.50 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 33.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 406.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.45 mb = 2229.06 m = 7313.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.45 mb = 3673.92 m = 12053.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.45 mb = 11447.14 m = 37555.77 ft B at Equ Level: 406.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.45 mb = 13749.14 m = 45108.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.63 Bulk Shear: 29.83 m/s