MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 33.55,-99.64 Latitude: 33.55 Longitude: -99.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 961 445 20.6 14.0 66 6.6 16.4 180 11 297.1 299.0 291.0 327.6 10.53 2 950 548 21.2 13.7 62 7.6 16.3 182 18 298.7 300.6 291.5 329.1 10.39 3 900 1018 22.3 11.4 50 10.9 15.3 211 36 304.5 306.3 292.4 332.8 9.45 4 850 1513 19.5 9.4 52 10.1 13.2 218 34 306.6 308.2 292.5 333.0 8.74 5 800 2032 16.4 6.7 53 9.7 10.6 230 22 308.7 310.1 292.3 332.3 7.74 6 750 2579 14.0 0.9 41 13.1 6.8 243 19 311.8 312.8 291.4 328.9 5.47 7 700 3157 10.2 0.3 50 10.0 4.8 249 20 313.8 314.9 292.1 331.3 5.57 8 650 3769 5.6 -0.4 65 6.0 2.4 252 21 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.5 5.74 9 600 4418 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.6 258 24 316.8 317.7 292.3 332.1 4.78 10 550 5110 -4.9 -6.7 87 1.8 -5.8 256 27 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.8 4.20 11 500 5853 -9.7 -12.3 81 2.6 -10.7 252 29 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.1 2.98 12 450 6659 -14.8 -22.6 52 7.7 -17.0 258 34 324.6 324.9 291.6 329.4 1.39 13 400 7539 -20.9 -29.9 44 9.0 -22.7 263 43 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.8 0.80 14 350 8511 -28.5 -33.1 65 4.6 -29.2 261 48 330.3 330.5 292.5 332.8 0.67 15 300 9595 -37.4 -38.7 88 1.2 -37.6 258 54 332.6 332.7 292.9 334.3 0.45 16 250 10827 -47.3 -52.0 58 4.7 -47.5 261 67 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.13 17 200 12266 -57.9 -60.6 71 2.7 -57.9 262 81 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 14039 -65.7 -74.1 30 8.4 -65.8 263 77 356.9 356.9 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16466 -71.6 -84.1 14 12.4 -71.7 265 51 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.97 m Freezing level: 594.84 mb = 4489.68 m = 14729.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4151.72 m = 13620.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.56 mb = 1286.03 m = 4219.22 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 4.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.16 mb = 3541.44 m = 11618.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.10 C = 100.59 F Cap Strength: 6.32 C Lifted Index: 0.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.39 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 28.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4723.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.24 mb = 2136.13 m = 7008.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.0 neg: -23.3 tot: 206.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 46.62 m/s