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: 33.03,-96.58 Latitude: 33.03 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 173 25.4 20.3 73 5.1 21.8 199 15 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.4 15.36 2 950 526 21.1 19.5 91 1.6 19.9 204 22 298.6 301.3 295.0 342.6 15.15 3 900 993 19.3 16.5 84 2.8 17.4 214 28 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.2 13.20 4 850 1485 17.2 12.9 76 4.3 14.4 219 25 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.09 5 800 2000 13.6 10.3 80 3.3 11.5 223 21 305.6 307.5 293.1 335.2 9.85 6 750 2541 10.3 5.8 74 4.4 7.7 226 19 307.7 309.2 292.1 331.3 7.75 7 700 3113 7.6 1.6 66 6.0 4.4 219 18 311.0 312.1 291.7 330.1 6.16 8 650 3721 4.2 -3.4 58 7.6 0.4 210 25 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.2 4.58 9 600 4367 -0.4 -6.0 66 5.7 -3.0 211 32 315.7 316.4 291.3 328.7 4.06 10 550 5056 -5.6 -8.2 82 2.5 -6.7 215 39 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.6 3.76 11 500 5797 -10.6 -12.1 88 1.5 -11.2 219 43 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.1 3.02 12 450 6603 -13.6 -36.3 13 22.7 -18.0 228 48 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.38 13 400 7488 -19.5 -37.2 19 17.6 -22.6 236 58 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.1 0.39 14 350 8465 -27.0 -39.8 29 12.8 -28.7 240 64 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.34 15 300 9556 -35.9 -44.5 41 8.7 -36.7 241 69 334.8 334.9 293.3 335.8 0.24 16 250 10795 -45.5 -52.9 43 7.4 -45.9 245 72 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11 17 200 12267 -51.4 -69.9 9 18.6 -51.7 252 80 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14084 -62.6 -77.8 11 15.2 -62.7 250 68 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16515 -71.4 -82.9 16 11.5 -71.4 246 36 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.67 m Freezing level: 604.24 mb = 4312.26 m = 14147.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.78 mb = 3798.42 m = 12461.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.22 mb = 820.08 m = 2690.51 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 16.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.51 mb = 1529.81 m = 5018.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.20 C = 86.36 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.50 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.78 mb = 976.15 m = 3202.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.78 mb = 2139.73 m = 7020.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.78 mb = 11153.68 m = 36593.01 ft B at Equ Level: 866.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.78 mb = 14213.91 m = 46632.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: -15.3 tot: 44.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 71.72 Bulk Shear: 12.14 m/s