MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 85 SFC 998 105 20.1 18.4 90 1.7 19.0 175 6 293.5 295.9 292.2 331.9 13.51 2 950 530 21.1 18.4 84 2.7 19.2 209 24 298.6 301.2 294.2 339.7 14.12 3 900 998 19.8 12.9 65 6.9 15.3 215 24 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.8 10.45 4 850 1489 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 219 21 303.7 305.7 293.3 335.8 10.81 5 800 2003 12.7 11.1 90 1.6 11.7 219 19 304.7 306.6 293.3 336.0 10.45 6 750 2544 11.1 4.3 63 6.8 7.2 227 15 308.6 309.9 291.7 329.9 6.95 7 700 3118 9.0 -0.6 51 9.6 3.9 222 12 312.5 313.5 291.4 328.9 5.25 8 650 3728 4.9 -3.1 56 8.1 0.9 218 13 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.4 4.67 9 600 4376 0.4 -8.1 53 8.6 -3.4 227 16 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.8 3.45 10 550 5067 -5.0 -11.6 60 6.6 -7.7 236 20 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.6 2.86 11 500 5808 -10.4 -16.3 62 5.9 -12.4 231 24 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.6 2.14 12 450 6615 -13.1 -34.0 16 20.9 -17.5 244 27 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.48 13 400 7502 -19.1 -42.0 11 22.9 -22.6 246 35 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.0 0.24 14 350 8479 -27.0 -46.1 15 19.0 -29.1 252 43 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9570 -35.9 -47.8 28 11.9 -36.8 256 50 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.17 16 250 10810 -45.7 -53.4 41 7.8 -46.0 257 54 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.6 0.11 17 200 12270 -52.0 -70.4 9 18.4 -52.4 258 68 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14082 -63.8 -76.8 15 13.0 -63.9 256 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16506 -72.4 -82.8 19 10.4 -72.5 252 34 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.36 m Freezing level: 596.17 mb = 4428.73 m = 14529.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.64 mb = 3857.97 m = 12657.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.74 mb = 315.76 m = 1035.95 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1730.16 m = 5676.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 255.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.40 mb = 1013.53 m = 3325.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.40 mb = 4735.97 m = 15537.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.40 mb = 6557.18 m = 21512.80 ft B at Equ Level: 99.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 263.40 mb = 10455.27 m = 34301.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -16.2 tot: 73.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 22.92 Bulk Shear: 4.46 m/s