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: 33.50,-101.54 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 511 SFC 907 918 31.4 12.0 30 19.4 18.5 213 14 313.1 315.0 295.1 343.3 9.74 3 900 989 29.4 11.8 34 17.7 17.8 214 17 311.8 313.7 294.7 341.7 9.69 4 850 1494 24.3 10.8 43 13.5 15.5 217 19 311.6 313.4 294.6 341.2 9.62 5 800 2020 19.2 9.8 54 9.4 13.2 221 20 311.6 313.5 294.6 341.1 9.55 6 750 2571 14.0 8.7 70 5.3 10.7 224 20 311.8 313.6 294.6 341.0 9.47 7 700 3148 8.7 7.3 91 1.4 7.8 228 22 312.1 313.8 294.4 340.4 9.18 8 650 3758 4.6 0.9 77 3.8 2.6 239 29 314.2 315.4 292.8 334.0 6.28 9 600 4405 -0.6 -2.7 85 2.1 -1.7 237 30 315.5 316.5 292.3 332.1 5.23 10 550 5094 -5.7 -12.1 60 6.4 -8.2 240 31 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.75 11 500 5834 -10.5 -19.9 46 9.3 -13.5 243 34 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.6 1.58 12 450 6637 -15.7 -24.5 47 8.8 -18.0 243 39 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.5 1.17 13 400 7514 -22.0 -28.3 56 6.4 -23.3 245 47 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.7 0.92 14 350 8481 -29.4 -35.3 57 5.9 -30.3 243 57 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.54 15 300 9565 -36.3 -36.6 97 0.3 -36.3 246 66 334.2 334.3 293.4 336.3 0.56 16 250 10801 -47.3 -47.4 98 0.2 -47.3 251 70 335.8 335.9 293.5 336.6 0.21 17 200 12242 -57.7 -60.9 67 3.2 -57.8 252 83 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14037 -63.2 -77.9 12 14.7 -63.3 256 43 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16490 -68.5 -83.2 10 14.8 -68.6 262 35 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.33 m Freezing level: 605.53 mb = 4333.24 m = 14216.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.63 mb = 4144.54 m = 13597.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.08 C = 86.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 684.19 mb = 3336.06 m = 10944.96 ft T: 7.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.74 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.40 mb = 3297.58 m = 10818.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.17 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 44.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 425.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1135.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.86 mb = 3197.01 m = 10488.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.86 mb = 3497.91 m = 11475.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.86 mb = 12213.90 m = 40071.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1128.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.86 mb = 14862.78 m = 48761.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 265.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 52.32 Bulk Shear: 21.70 m/s