MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.67,-96.64 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 975 274 22.1 18.6 81 3.4 19.7 191 14 297.4 299.9 293.8 337.9 13.99 2 950 499 21.1 18.2 83 3.0 19.1 196 25 298.6 301.2 294.1 339.2 13.94 3 900 968 20.5 14.3 68 6.2 16.4 222 38 302.6 304.8 293.5 336.6 11.47 4 850 1460 18.3 10.6 61 7.7 13.4 229 35 305.3 307.0 292.7 333.7 9.47 5 800 1978 15.2 9.2 67 6.0 11.5 233 27 307.4 309.1 293.1 335.2 9.19 6 750 2523 12.2 6.1 66 6.1 8.6 234 21 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.2 7.91 7 700 3097 8.3 2.8 68 5.5 5.2 225 21 311.7 312.9 292.4 332.4 6.69 8 650 3705 3.7 -0.6 73 4.3 1.4 220 23 313.1 314.2 291.9 330.8 5.62 9 600 4350 -1.2 -4.2 80 3.0 -2.6 221 26 314.8 315.6 291.6 329.6 4.68 10 550 5038 -6.3 -8.6 83 2.4 -7.3 224 30 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.4 3.62 11 500 5776 -11.8 -14.1 83 2.3 -12.6 223 33 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.57 12 450 6577 -15.4 -18.2 79 2.8 -16.3 229 43 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.02 13 400 7457 -20.9 -30.7 41 9.8 -22.9 235 50 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.74 14 350 8430 -28.0 -37.8 38 9.9 -29.4 239 58 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.6 0.42 15 300 9517 -36.6 -42.4 54 5.9 -37.1 240 66 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.30 16 250 10752 -46.9 -49.3 77 2.3 -47.1 244 72 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.17 17 200 12207 -51.7 -69.1 11 17.4 -52.0 247 88 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14026 -61.5 -78.9 8 17.4 -61.6 251 74 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16479 -70.9 -83.4 14 12.6 -70.9 247 36 390.8 390.8 303.9 390.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.28 m Freezing level: 612.14 mb = 4193.60 m = 13758.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 3926.86 m = 12883.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.20 mb = 709.75 m = 2328.54 ft T: 20.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 8.10 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2348.46 m = 7704.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.68 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.06 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.15 mb = 1338.14 m = 4390.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.15 mb = 3740.71 m = 12272.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.15 mb = 10826.83 m = 35520.65 ft B at Equ Level: 521.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.15 mb = 12974.39 m = 42566.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.6 neg: -23.6 tot: 163.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 34.15 Bulk Shear: 15.40 m/s