MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.17,-96.74 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 990 188 27.0 18.4 60 8.6 21.0 208 19 301.0 303.5 294.5 340.9 13.57 2 950 549 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 209 28 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.54 3 900 1017 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.3 210 30 300.1 302.6 294.3 339.9 13.59 4 850 1506 15.1 15.1 100 0.0 15.1 216 33 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.7 12.80 5 800 2019 13.9 9.6 75 4.3 11.2 234 36 306.0 307.7 292.9 334.4 9.43 6 750 2562 11.7 3.6 57 8.2 7.1 242 33 309.3 310.5 291.6 329.6 6.60 7 700 3136 8.2 0.8 60 7.4 4.2 233 31 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.7 5.81 8 650 3744 4.0 -3.9 56 7.9 0.1 228 32 313.5 314.4 291.0 327.5 4.41 9 600 4388 -1.6 -10.8 49 9.2 -5.4 243 31 314.3 314.8 289.8 323.4 2.80 10 550 5075 -5.2 -27.5 15 22.3 -11.1 238 28 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.4 0.73 11 500 5818 -8.7 -28.6 18 19.9 -13.7 231 31 322.4 322.5 290.3 324.9 0.72 12 450 6626 -13.9 -31.3 22 17.4 -17.7 239 38 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.62 13 400 7509 -20.6 -31.8 36 11.1 -22.8 250 43 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.67 14 350 8481 -28.6 -41.2 29 12.5 -30.2 254 47 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 15 300 9564 -37.3 -49.1 28 11.7 -38.2 265 61 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.15 16 250 10795 -47.5 -54.7 43 7.2 -47.7 258 60 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12236 -57.3 -62.3 53 4.9 -57.5 250 64 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 14008 -65.1 -74.9 25 9.8 -65.1 270 68 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16469 -66.4 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.5 248 38 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.04 m Freezing level: 614.13 mb = 4205.85 m = 13798.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.76 mb = 3759.16 m = 12333.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.96 mb = 1267.94 m = 4159.85 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1292.23 m = 4239.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 790.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.10 mb = 1179.13 m = 3868.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.10 mb = 3518.50 m = 11543.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.10 mb = 11676.79 m = 38309.20 ft B at Equ Level: 790.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.10 mb = 14509.82 m = 47603.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.9 neg: -17.9 tot: 130.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 42.19 Bulk Shear: 18.74 m/s