MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 34.00,-96.67 Latitude: 34.00 Longitude: -96.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 990 220 26.4 18.1 60 8.3 20.7 186 17 300.4 302.9 294.2 339.5 13.32 2 950 581 21.2 17.2 78 4.0 18.5 187 26 298.7 301.1 293.6 336.9 13.11 3 900 1047 17.1 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 189 26 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.4 12.77 4 850 1534 15.2 12.6 85 2.6 13.5 197 29 302.0 304.0 292.8 334.0 10.83 5 800 2048 13.6 8.7 72 5.0 10.6 201 28 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.3 8.85 6 750 2589 10.5 5.0 69 5.5 7.3 205 25 308.0 309.3 291.8 330.3 7.33 7 700 3161 7.5 -0.6 57 8.1 3.3 222 23 310.8 311.8 290.9 327.2 5.25 8 650 3768 4.2 -2.7 61 6.9 0.7 235 28 313.7 314.6 291.4 329.0 4.82 9 600 4413 -0.8 -2.1 91 1.3 -1.5 238 33 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.5 5.47 10 550 5104 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.8 248 35 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.6 4.21 11 500 5847 -9.7 -13.2 76 3.5 -11.0 258 39 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.5 2.78 12 450 6652 -14.6 -23.1 48 8.5 -17.0 262 40 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.32 13 400 7533 -21.1 -23.5 81 2.4 -21.7 274 46 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.7 1.44 14 350 8504 -28.6 -30.3 85 1.7 -28.9 271 53 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.4 0.88 15 300 9588 -37.5 -39.3 84 1.7 -37.7 264 49 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.42 16 250 10818 -47.9 -49.5 83 1.6 -47.9 271 63 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.17 17 200 12252 -59.0 -61.8 70 2.7 -59.1 272 72 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.05 18 150 14025 -64.6 -76.7 17 12.1 -64.7 268 69 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16470 -69.4 -83.5 11 14.2 -69.4 269 41 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.73 m Freezing level: 608.36 mb = 4305.50 m = 14125.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.77 mb = 3972.13 m = 13031.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.19 mb = 1265.74 m = 4152.63 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1440.48 m = 4725.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.43 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 443.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.60 mb = 1165.22 m = 3822.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.60 mb = 3986.99 m = 13080.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.60 mb = 11563.65 m = 37938.01 ft B at Equ Level: 438.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.60 mb = 13527.93 m = 44382.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.4 neg: -7.6 tot: 90.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 9.72 Bulk Shear: 45.61 m/s