MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 33.84,-97.66 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -97.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 976 282 27.8 17.2 52 10.6 20.5 173 18 303.0 305.4 294.5 340.7 12.72 2 950 517 24.7 16.5 60 8.3 19.1 179 28 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.2 12.49 3 900 988 20.5 15.3 72 5.2 17.0 188 32 302.7 304.9 294.0 338.8 12.22 4 850 1480 16.8 13.5 81 3.3 14.6 199 35 303.7 305.8 293.8 338.0 11.53 5 800 1994 13.2 10.9 86 2.3 11.8 210 34 305.3 307.2 293.4 336.2 10.31 6 750 2536 10.7 7.3 79 3.5 8.6 220 33 308.2 309.9 292.9 334.4 8.58 7 700 3109 7.1 4.3 82 2.8 5.5 233 34 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.4 7.47 8 650 3715 3.0 1.8 92 1.1 2.3 247 34 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.3 6.74 9 600 4359 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.1 -1.3 262 34 314.7 315.8 292.5 333.0 5.79 10 550 5049 -5.3 -6.1 94 0.8 -5.7 263 42 317.8 318.7 292.3 332.1 4.42 11 500 5792 -10.0 -12.3 84 2.3 -10.9 256 48 320.9 321.4 291.9 330.8 2.99 12 450 6596 -15.4 -21.0 62 5.7 -17.0 254 49 323.9 324.2 291.6 329.4 1.59 13 400 7475 -21.5 -28.7 52 7.2 -23.1 256 56 327.0 327.2 291.7 330.2 0.89 14 350 8444 -28.9 -32.6 71 3.6 -29.5 253 62 329.7 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.71 15 300 9528 -37.1 -42.0 60 4.9 -37.6 250 63 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.32 16 250 10761 -47.4 -51.5 63 4.1 -47.6 250 73 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.13 17 200 12197 -58.7 -61.6 69 2.9 -58.7 256 82 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 13976 -64.2 -76.0 18 11.8 -64.3 262 78 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16422 -68.3 -83.4 10 15.1 -68.4 263 47 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.46 m Freezing level: 614.49 mb = 4172.52 m = 13689.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.61 mb = 4126.41 m = 13537.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.21 mb = 1618.77 m = 5310.87 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.29 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.03 mb = 1920.18 m = 6299.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.58 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 812.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.43 mb = 1626.68 m = 5336.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.43 mb = 2986.13 m = 9796.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.43 mb = 11870.07 m = 38943.33 ft B at Equ Level: 812.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.43 mb = 14373.70 m = 47157.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 298.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.50 Bulk Shear: 125.02 m/s