MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-96.85 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -96.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 989 175 25.6 20.3 73 5.2 21.9 200 14 299.6 302.5 295.4 344.5 15.35 2 950 527 21.3 19.4 89 1.8 20.0 204 21 298.8 301.5 295.0 342.7 15.11 3 900 994 19.4 16.3 82 3.1 17.3 215 27 301.5 303.9 294.3 339.9 13.04 4 850 1486 17.2 13.1 77 4.0 14.5 221 24 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.6 11.23 5 800 2001 13.6 10.6 82 3.0 11.7 226 20 305.6 307.5 293.3 335.9 10.06 6 750 2542 10.5 5.8 73 4.7 7.8 230 18 307.9 309.4 292.2 331.5 7.74 7 700 3115 7.7 2.0 67 5.6 4.5 221 18 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.33 8 650 3722 4.1 -1.9 65 6.0 1.0 213 24 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.8 5.12 9 600 4368 -0.7 -4.3 76 3.6 -2.4 214 32 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.1 4.63 10 550 5057 -5.6 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.3 215 40 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.6 4.10 11 500 5798 -10.2 -16.6 59 6.5 -12.4 220 42 320.6 321.0 291.0 327.6 2.08 12 450 6605 -13.3 -37.4 11 24.1 -17.9 231 50 326.5 326.6 291.1 327.8 0.34 13 400 7491 -19.4 -36.7 20 17.2 -22.5 238 58 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.3 0.41 14 350 8468 -26.8 -41.3 24 14.5 -28.7 242 65 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.29 15 300 9559 -35.9 -44.2 42 8.3 -36.6 242 70 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.8 0.25 16 250 10800 -45.1 -51.4 49 6.3 -45.4 247 69 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 17 200 12272 -51.5 -70.1 9 18.6 -51.8 253 78 351.2 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14087 -62.9 -77.7 12 14.8 -63.0 249 66 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16516 -71.6 -82.9 17 11.2 -71.7 246 37 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.43 m Freezing level: 607.21 mb = 4274.91 m = 14025.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.31 mb = 3906.58 m = 12816.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.42 mb = 837.70 m = 2748.33 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 14.74 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1540.39 m = 5053.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 822.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.69 mb = 1006.52 m = 3302.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.69 mb = 2173.58 m = 7131.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.69 mb = 11244.66 m = 36891.48 ft B at Equ Level: 809.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.69 mb = 13933.68 m = 45713.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.1 neg: -12.9 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 56.98 Bulk Shear: 14.43 m/s