MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.04,-94.33 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 1000 99 25.3 20.4 74 4.9 21.8 189 9 298.5 301.3 295.0 342.8 15.26 2 950 542 20.1 19.3 95 0.8 19.5 195 17 297.5 300.3 294.6 340.9 14.98 3 900 1008 18.7 15.3 81 3.4 16.5 206 24 300.8 303.0 293.5 336.8 12.26 4 850 1498 16.9 9.6 62 7.2 12.4 208 23 303.8 305.5 291.8 330.4 8.89 5 800 2012 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.3 211 21 305.3 307.1 293.0 334.8 9.84 6 750 2553 10.1 7.2 82 2.9 8.4 216 21 307.6 309.2 292.7 333.5 8.53 7 700 3126 8.3 1.2 61 7.1 4.5 213 18 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.99 8 650 3735 4.8 -2.0 61 6.8 1.3 214 21 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.5 5.08 9 600 4383 0.5 -7.1 56 7.6 -3.0 213 24 316.7 317.5 291.4 328.8 3.74 10 550 5074 -4.8 -11.0 62 6.2 -7.4 221 27 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.2 3.00 11 500 5816 -10.3 -20.2 44 9.9 -13.3 229 34 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.7 1.54 12 450 6623 -13.0 -40.4 8 27.4 -17.9 238 37 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.25 13 400 7511 -19.0 -43.1 10 24.2 -22.5 236 45 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.21 14 350 8488 -27.0 -48.8 11 21.8 -29.2 243 49 332.3 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.13 15 300 9579 -35.7 -49.8 22 14.0 -36.8 247 57 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10819 -45.7 -54.9 35 9.2 -46.1 249 61 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.5 0.09 17 200 12287 -51.3 -70.3 9 19.0 -51.7 258 70 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14101 -63.4 -77.4 13 14.0 -63.5 245 58 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16525 -73.2 -82.6 23 9.3 -73.3 254 38 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.22 m Freezing level: 594.97 mb = 4452.18 m = 14606.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.70 mb = 3927.44 m = 12885.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.71 mb = 718.44 m = 2357.06 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1499.57 m = 4919.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 19.95 C K Index: 29.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.75 mb = 858.14 m = 2815.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.75 mb = 2324.20 m = 7625.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 720.75 mb = 2883.16 m = 9459.08 ft B at Equ Level: 11.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.75 mb = 12925.21 m = 42405.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -11.1 tot: 55.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 27.93 Bulk Shear: 17.89 m/s