MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.74,-100.01 Latitude: 32.74 Longitude: -100.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 1 950 496 SFC 945 541 22.2 14.8 63 7.4 17.3 212 14 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.3 11.27 3 900 967 22.8 12.5 52 10.4 16.1 220 33 305.0 306.9 293.2 335.4 10.14 4 850 1463 19.8 11.8 60 8.1 14.6 236 26 306.9 308.8 293.8 337.9 10.25 5 800 1982 16.3 7.2 55 9.1 10.8 245 21 308.6 310.1 292.5 333.0 8.01 6 750 2528 12.5 5.0 60 7.4 8.1 234 17 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.6 7.32 7 700 3103 8.5 3.9 72 4.7 5.9 224 19 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.24 8 650 3712 4.1 0.9 80 3.2 2.4 226 22 313.6 314.8 292.6 333.4 6.31 9 600 4359 -0.3 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 226 26 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.5 4.62 10 550 5049 -5.3 -8.5 78 3.1 -6.7 224 28 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.7 3.67 11 500 5791 -9.4 -14.2 68 4.8 -11.2 223 37 321.6 322.1 291.7 330.2 2.56 12 450 6599 -13.7 -34.7 15 21.0 -17.9 236 45 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 13 400 7484 -19.7 -39.7 15 20.1 -22.8 240 53 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.30 14 350 8461 -26.9 -43.6 19 16.7 -28.9 241 60 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.23 15 300 9553 -35.7 -45.7 35 10.1 -36.5 243 65 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.21 16 250 10794 -45.4 -54.7 34 9.3 -45.8 249 71 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.09 17 200 12263 -51.1 -70.8 8 19.7 -51.5 248 74 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14074 -64.4 -76.5 18 12.1 -64.5 246 63 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16494 -72.3 -83.2 18 10.9 -72.3 248 33 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.02 m Freezing level: 603.85 mb = 4308.85 m = 14136.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.47 mb = 4035.85 m = 13240.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.07 mb = 1492.30 m = 4895.94 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 5.22 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 2997.14 m = 9833.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.47 C = 92.25 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 36.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 80.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 782.34 mb = 2171.14 m = 7123.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.34 mb = 4393.85 m = 14415.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.34 mb = 6643.84 m = 21797.12 ft B at Equ Level: 79.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.34 mb = 9846.04 m = 32302.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -9.5 tot: 84.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 29.92 Bulk Shear: 2.69 m/s