MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 33.87,-97.15 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 981 244 20.3 18.2 88 2.1 18.9 159 15 295.1 297.5 292.7 333.9 13.55 2 950 522 17.7 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 162 25 295.2 297.6 292.6 333.2 13.24 3 900 984 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 185 35 298.2 300.5 293.1 335.1 12.70 4 850 1470 13.9 13.9 100 0.1 13.9 196 38 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.4 11.80 5 800 1981 11.9 11.8 100 0.1 11.8 205 36 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.4 10.93 6 750 2520 9.5 9.3 99 0.1 9.4 210 33 306.8 308.7 293.4 336.6 9.86 7 700 3091 6.5 6.2 98 0.4 6.3 201 40 309.7 311.3 293.3 335.8 8.50 8 650 3697 3.5 1.4 86 2.1 2.3 192 48 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.3 6.52 9 600 4342 -0.9 -6.6 65 5.7 -3.5 188 50 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.6 3.89 10 550 5031 -6.0 -11.3 66 5.4 -8.1 200 52 317.0 317.6 290.7 326.6 2.92 11 500 5770 -10.8 -14.1 77 3.3 -12.0 203 56 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.4 2.57 12 450 6573 -15.5 -17.6 84 2.1 -16.2 203 56 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.0 2.14 13 400 7451 -21.8 -25.4 73 3.6 -22.7 207 58 326.6 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.21 14 350 8419 -29.4 -35.0 58 5.6 -30.3 211 62 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.1 0.55 15 300 9500 -37.6 -41.2 69 3.6 -37.9 210 67 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.35 16 250 10734 -46.4 -50.2 65 3.8 -46.6 213 80 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12184 -54.1 -67.6 18 13.5 -54.4 227 84 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13991 -63.1 -77.4 13 14.3 -63.2 226 71 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16471 -65.5 -83.5 6 18.1 -65.6 224 26 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.24 m Freezing level: 609.91 mb = 4214.33 m = 13826.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.13 mb = 3947.34 m = 12950.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.78 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.93 mb = 504.15 m = 1654.01 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 939.51 m = 3082.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 38.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.16 mb = 775.91 m = 2545.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.16 mb = 4379.73 m = 14369.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.16 mb = 9564.17 m = 31378.13 ft B at Equ Level: 203.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.16 mb = 11649.33 m = 38219.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.2 neg: -4.3 tot: 235.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 90.96 m/s