MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.35,-94.42 Latitude: 33.35 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 997 105 23.1 17.2 69 6.0 19.1 186 6 296.5 298.8 292.4 332.4 12.45 2 950 530 23.7 16.8 65 7.0 19.0 207 27 301.3 303.6 294.0 338.8 12.74 3 900 1001 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.1 208 26 302.8 305.1 294.1 339.1 12.24 4 850 1494 17.2 13.0 76 4.3 14.4 212 22 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.12 5 800 2009 13.1 11.1 88 2.0 11.9 218 18 305.1 307.1 293.4 336.5 10.46 6 750 2550 12.0 4.3 59 7.7 7.6 240 14 309.6 311.0 292.0 331.1 6.97 7 700 3127 10.0 -1.1 46 11.2 4.1 272 9 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.04 8 650 3738 6.0 -4.0 49 9.9 1.0 267 9 315.7 316.6 291.6 329.7 4.39 9 600 4389 1.4 -7.3 52 8.7 -2.6 254 13 317.8 318.5 291.6 329.7 3.69 10 550 5083 -4.0 -11.3 57 7.3 -7.0 245 15 319.4 320.0 291.5 329.1 2.94 11 500 5826 -9.9 -17.6 54 7.7 -12.5 243 19 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.4 1.92 12 450 6630 -14.8 -34.3 17 19.5 -18.7 251 21 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.3 0.46 13 400 7513 -19.5 -57.5 2 38.0 -23.3 267 26 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.8 0.04 14 350 8491 -26.7 -44.9 16 18.2 -28.8 282 32 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.20 15 300 9582 -35.7 -47.1 30 11.4 -36.7 281 43 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.18 16 250 10823 -45.4 -53.2 41 7.8 -45.8 271 42 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.11 17 200 12285 -52.1 -69.6 11 17.4 -52.5 261 58 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14100 -63.7 -77.4 14 13.7 -63.8 261 50 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16525 -71.5 -83.3 16 11.7 -71.6 248 26 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.57 m Freezing level: 586.83 mb = 4571.46 m = 14998.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.02 mb = 3915.09 m = 12844.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 870.28 m = 2855.20 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.54 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1889.08 m = 6197.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.17 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 29.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 286.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.65 mb = 1366.34 m = 4482.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.65 mb = 4972.37 m = 16313.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.65 mb = 9868.35 m = 32376.09 ft B at Equ Level: 174.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.65 mb = 11730.62 m = 38485.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.4 neg: -9.3 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 20.08 Bulk Shear: 8.81 m/s