MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 33.71,-99.65 Latitude: 33.71 Longitude: -99.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 959 444 32.2 13.5 32 18.7 19.6 206 18 309.1 311.0 294.3 340.1 10.20 2 950 524 30.3 13.2 35 17.1 18.9 208 22 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.4 10.06 3 900 1003 25.4 12.2 44 13.2 16.8 215 26 307.7 309.6 293.8 338.0 10.00 4 850 1501 20.7 11.3 55 9.4 14.6 220 27 307.8 309.7 293.8 338.0 9.96 5 800 2021 15.8 10.3 70 5.5 12.3 225 27 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.1 9.91 6 750 2567 12.7 7.2 69 5.4 9.3 240 30 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.5 8.54 7 700 3143 8.9 3.9 71 5.0 6.0 244 34 312.4 313.7 293.0 334.8 7.23 8 650 3753 4.9 0.3 72 4.6 2.4 241 41 314.6 315.7 292.7 333.6 6.04 9 600 4401 -0.2 -4.9 71 4.6 -2.4 241 45 315.8 316.7 291.7 330.0 4.44 10 550 5090 -4.9 -22.0 25 17.1 -10.1 249 43 318.3 318.5 289.5 322.4 1.19 11 500 5833 -9.5 -35.9 10 26.4 -14.9 256 42 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.7 0.36 12 450 6637 -15.2 -36.0 15 20.8 -19.1 257 46 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.39 13 400 7515 -21.7 -36.9 24 15.2 -24.2 255 54 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.3 0.40 14 350 8484 -29.0 -31.7 78 2.7 -29.5 258 66 329.6 329.7 292.4 332.4 0.77 15 300 9568 -37.4 -38.2 91 0.9 -37.5 260 68 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.5 0.47 16 250 10800 -47.3 -49.2 81 1.9 -47.4 259 72 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.17 17 200 12236 -59.0 -61.6 71 2.7 -59.0 262 80 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 18 150 14014 -63.6 -77.5 13 13.9 -63.7 262 68 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16469 -68.7 -83.3 11 14.6 -68.8 265 36 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.79 m Freezing level: 602.27 mb = 4371.10 m = 14340.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.10 mb = 4068.97 m = 13349.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.03 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.12 mb = 2779.63 m = 9119.41 ft T: 11.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.77 mb = 3228.28 m = 10591.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.76 C = 96.38 F Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 590.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.61 mb = 2671.94 m = 8766.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.61 mb = 4192.70 m = 13755.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.61 mb = 11752.01 m = 38555.99 ft B at Equ Level: 586.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.61 mb = 14194.15 m = 46568.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 26.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 134.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 11.40 Bulk Shear: 51.79 m/s