MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 33.20,-98.02 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -98.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 971 337 30.3 15.2 40 15.1 20.0 189 11 306.0 308.1 294.3 339.7 11.22 2 950 529 26.2 14.6 49 11.6 18.5 191 14 303.8 305.9 293.5 336.8 11.07 3 900 1002 21.5 13.6 61 7.8 16.3 194 14 303.6 305.6 293.4 336.2 10.96 4 850 1494 16.8 12.5 76 4.4 14.0 196 14 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.77 5 800 2007 12.6 10.4 86 2.2 11.2 200 12 304.6 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.93 6 750 2551 13.2 3.8 53 9.4 7.8 253 7 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.8 6.72 7 700 3128 9.8 1.1 55 8.7 5.0 276 9 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.9 5.92 8 650 3739 5.5 -3.2 54 8.7 1.1 254 12 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.1 4.66 9 600 4389 1.2 -9.1 46 10.4 -3.3 243 15 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.0 3.19 10 550 5082 -4.0 -10.4 61 6.4 -6.7 238 18 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.15 11 500 5827 -9.5 -19.8 43 10.2 -12.8 253 22 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.9 1.60 12 450 6631 -15.4 -22.3 56 6.9 -17.3 243 25 323.9 324.2 291.4 328.8 1.42 13 400 7510 -21.1 -35.3 27 14.1 -23.6 245 24 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.48 14 350 8482 -27.6 -54.3 6 26.7 -29.9 250 29 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 15 300 9572 -35.8 -53.2 15 17.4 -37.0 251 40 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.09 16 250 10816 -44.0 -58.8 18 14.8 -44.6 253 42 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.05 17 200 12286 -51.6 -70.3 9 18.6 -52.0 247 46 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14104 -63.0 -78.7 10 15.6 -63.1 244 43 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16532 -72.2 -83.3 17 11.1 -72.2 240 33 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.51 m Freezing level: 588.16 mb = 4553.07 m = 14937.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.28 mb = 3899.72 m = 12794.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.60 mb = 2224.89 m = 7299.41 ft T: 12.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 7.94 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 702.25 mb = 3101.59 m = 10175.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.43 C = 99.37 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 30.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 220.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.03 mb = 2017.56 m = 6619.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.03 mb = 5024.25 m = 16483.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.03 mb = 9477.96 m = 31095.28 ft B at Equ Level: 202.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.03 mb = 11538.63 m = 37855.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -10.6 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 14.61 Bulk Shear: 13.97 m/s