MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.33,-96.43 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -96.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 986 202 25.0 19.0 69 6.0 20.9 189 21 299.4 302.0 294.5 340.8 14.20 2 950 527 21.2 18.1 82 3.2 19.1 193 33 298.7 301.2 294.1 339.1 13.86 3 900 993 17.1 16.7 97 0.5 16.8 197 37 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.2 13.38 4 850 1480 14.2 13.5 95 0.7 13.7 205 42 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.8 11.48 5 800 1992 14.3 4.4 51 10.0 8.6 220 41 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.3 6.54 6 750 2534 11.1 3.9 61 7.2 7.1 229 38 308.7 309.9 291.6 329.5 6.79 7 700 3107 7.2 1.4 67 5.8 4.1 225 39 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.3 6.06 8 650 3713 3.8 -7.6 43 11.4 -1.3 222 44 313.2 313.9 289.9 323.9 3.31 9 600 4357 -1.4 -10.6 50 9.2 -5.2 226 44 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.7 2.84 10 550 5043 -6.6 -16.0 47 9.4 -9.9 233 46 316.3 316.7 289.6 322.9 2.00 11 500 5781 -10.7 -21.0 42 10.3 -13.7 239 53 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.9 1.43 12 450 6584 -15.8 -28.0 34 12.2 -18.7 244 58 323.4 323.5 290.7 326.4 0.84 13 400 7460 -22.4 -32.3 40 9.9 -24.2 246 62 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.2 0.63 14 350 8424 -30.8 -38.2 49 7.3 -31.7 242 58 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.7 0.41 15 300 9496 -40.3 -42.6 79 2.3 -40.5 247 61 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.30 16 250 10711 -50.5 -50.6 99 0.1 -50.5 266 73 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.5 0.15 17 200 12137 -58.5 -61.7 66 3.2 -58.6 266 63 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 13919 -61.2 -77.9 9 16.7 -61.4 293 65 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16410 -62.6 -84.1 4 21.5 -62.8 279 35 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.98 m Freezing level: 613.72 mb = 4180.17 m = 13714.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.32 mb = 3559.31 m = 11677.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.69 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.71 mb = 957.50 m = 3141.37 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.50 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 1015.21 m = 3330.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1276.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.52 mb = 988.02 m = 3241.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.52 mb = 1131.06 m = 3710.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 825.52 mb = 1726.48 m = 5664.25 ft B at Equ Level: 7.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 805.52 mb = 1933.77 m = 6344.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.9 neg: -3.4 tot: 246.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.94 Bulk Rich Number: 18.92 Bulk Shear: 67.48 m/s