MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.04,-96.76 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 989 176 25.4 17.5 62 7.8 20.0 278 12 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.1 12.87 2 950 523 21.7 15.6 68 6.1 17.7 275 19 299.2 301.3 292.7 333.7 11.82 3 900 990 17.5 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 266 19 299.6 301.7 292.7 333.5 11.60 4 850 1476 14.1 13.3 95 0.8 13.6 252 21 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.2 11.33 5 800 1987 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 235 27 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.4 10.66 6 750 2526 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 222 30 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.48 7 700 3096 6.4 5.0 91 1.4 5.6 213 31 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.7 7.84 8 650 3702 3.4 0.9 84 2.5 2.0 215 37 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.4 6.28 9 600 4347 -0.8 -4.2 78 3.4 -2.4 218 45 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.1 4.68 10 550 5036 -5.6 -9.6 73 4.0 -7.3 220 50 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.4 3.36 11 500 5777 -10.5 -13.8 76 3.3 -11.7 227 55 320.3 320.8 291.5 329.0 2.63 12 450 6580 -15.6 -19.3 73 3.7 -16.7 232 61 323.7 324.0 291.7 330.0 1.85 13 400 7459 -21.0 -24.7 72 3.7 -22.0 234 68 327.7 327.9 292.3 332.2 1.29 14 350 8433 -26.9 -33.9 52 6.9 -28.1 235 71 332.4 332.6 293.0 334.8 0.62 15 300 9528 -34.0 -50.3 18 16.2 -35.4 243 65 337.4 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 16 250 10780 -42.6 -59.5 14 16.9 -43.3 249 67 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 17 200 12263 -50.3 -71.7 6 21.4 -50.8 256 73 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14084 -63.0 -78.3 11 15.4 -63.1 256 62 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16515 -71.6 -83.3 16 11.6 -71.6 257 34 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.02 m Freezing level: 609.70 mb = 4221.82 m = 13850.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.41 mb = 3986.96 m = 13080.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.63 mb = 1165.51 m = 3823.80 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1488.11 m = 4882.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.07 mb = 1297.44 m = 4256.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.07 mb = 4438.98 m = 14563.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.07 mb = 7774.47 m = 25506.48 ft B at Equ Level: 97.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 313.07 mb = 9225.34 m = 30266.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -18.9 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 100.24 m/s