MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F243.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 243 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.03,-97.05 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 991 183 23.8 18.4 72 5.4 20.1 188 17 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.1 13.58 2 950 551 19.4 17.7 90 1.7 18.2 192 29 296.9 299.4 293.3 336.0 13.53 3 900 1015 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 201 37 298.5 300.8 293.4 336.2 12.97 4 850 1504 16.7 11.8 72 5.0 13.6 210 38 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.2 10.25 5 800 2021 16.4 3.9 43 12.5 9.2 220 31 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.1 6.33 6 750 2568 14.3 -1.0 35 15.3 6.2 225 28 312.1 313.0 290.9 327.0 4.74 7 700 3145 9.6 -2.5 42 12.1 3.4 230 26 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.5 4.53 8 650 3754 4.0 -5.0 52 8.9 -0.3 239 29 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.4 4.06 9 600 4399 0.1 -19.5 21 19.6 -6.5 251 31 316.3 316.5 289.0 320.9 1.36 10 550 5092 -3.2 -35.7 6 32.6 -10.5 252 29 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.6 0.33 11 500 5838 -8.3 -38.5 7 30.2 -14.3 249 29 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.9 0.27 12 450 6646 -14.0 -42.5 7 28.5 -18.6 249 33 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.4 0.20 13 400 7528 -20.8 -43.9 11 23.2 -23.9 252 35 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 14 350 8499 -28.5 -35.4 52 6.9 -29.5 256 42 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.4 0.54 15 300 9583 -37.4 -44.1 50 6.7 -38.0 261 42 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 16 250 10817 -46.5 -48.6 79 2.1 -46.6 261 57 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.19 17 200 12257 -58.5 -58.9 95 0.4 -58.6 266 49 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.07 18 150 14019 -68.4 -73.4 48 5.0 -68.4 270 63 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 19 100 16468 -66.3 -83.7 7 17.4 -66.4 238 39 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.92 m Freezing level: 598.19 mb = 4423.99 m = 14514.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.49 mb = 3697.61 m = 12131.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.20 mb = 862.08 m = 2828.32 ft T: 17.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 981.68 m = 3220.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.13 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 24.68 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 154.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 322.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.21 mb = 890.17 m = 2920.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 488.21 mb = 6020.86 m = 19753.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.21 mb = 10341.57 m = 33928.62 ft B at Equ Level: 152.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.21 mb = 12629.50 m = 41434.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.2 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 259.2 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 187.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 45.31 m/s