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: 33.25,-96.34 Latitude: 33.25 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 987 189 25.4 20.1 72 5.4 21.6 198 16 299.7 302.4 295.3 343.9 15.12 2 950 524 21.2 19.2 88 2.0 19.8 203 24 298.7 301.4 294.8 342.2 14.93 3 900 992 19.5 16.4 82 3.1 17.4 213 29 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.14 4 850 1483 17.2 13.0 77 4.1 14.5 218 27 304.1 306.2 293.7 337.4 11.18 5 800 1999 13.5 10.4 82 3.1 11.6 221 22 305.6 307.4 293.2 335.6 9.98 6 750 2540 10.2 6.2 76 4.0 7.9 223 19 307.7 309.2 292.2 331.9 7.96 7 700 3112 7.6 1.8 67 5.8 4.4 216 19 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.24 8 650 3719 4.2 -2.8 61 6.9 0.7 210 25 313.7 314.6 291.4 328.9 4.81 9 600 4366 -0.3 -6.1 65 5.8 -3.0 211 32 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.7 4.04 10 550 5055 -5.6 -8.5 80 2.9 -6.9 215 38 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.3 3.65 11 500 5796 -10.6 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.1 219 42 320.1 320.7 291.8 330.3 3.10 12 450 6600 -14.0 -31.3 22 17.2 -17.9 226 46 325.6 325.7 291.1 327.8 0.62 13 400 7485 -19.8 -35.3 24 15.5 -22.6 235 57 329.3 329.4 292.0 331.1 0.47 14 350 8461 -27.1 -37.7 36 10.7 -28.6 238 63 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.9 0.42 15 300 9552 -35.9 -42.5 51 6.6 -36.5 240 69 334.7 334.8 293.3 335.9 0.30 16 250 10791 -45.5 -50.8 55 5.3 -45.8 244 71 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.14 17 200 12261 -51.3 -70.1 9 18.8 -51.7 251 81 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14079 -62.5 -78.0 11 15.5 -62.6 249 69 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16512 -71.5 -82.9 17 11.4 -71.5 247 36 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.86 m Freezing level: 603.29 mb = 4322.95 m = 14182.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3831.78 m = 12571.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.83 mb = 869.36 m = 2852.21 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1565.75 m = 5136.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 35.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 847.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.84 mb = 1031.59 m = 3384.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.84 mb = 2201.79 m = 7223.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.84 mb = 11315.95 m = 37125.36 ft B at Equ Level: 830.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.84 mb = 14043.49 m = 46073.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -17.2 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 83.12 Bulk Shear: 10.19 m/s