MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 33.84,-97.75 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -97.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 972 284 25.2 17.1 61 8.2 19.6 157 18 300.8 303.1 293.9 338.0 12.68 2 950 487 25.0 16.2 58 8.8 19.0 161 32 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.0 12.28 3 900 961 23.3 13.7 55 9.7 16.9 177 45 305.5 307.6 293.9 338.5 10.98 4 850 1457 19.7 11.6 60 8.1 14.4 192 46 306.7 308.6 293.6 337.3 10.13 5 800 1976 15.5 9.9 69 5.6 12.0 204 46 307.7 309.5 293.6 336.9 9.64 6 750 2520 11.2 8.5 84 2.6 9.5 217 47 308.7 310.4 293.6 337.1 9.33 7 700 3094 7.5 5.5 87 2.0 6.3 235 44 310.8 312.3 293.3 335.8 8.11 8 650 3702 4.1 1.0 80 3.1 2.4 243 46 313.6 314.8 292.7 333.5 6.35 9 600 4348 -0.4 -3.2 81 2.8 -1.8 245 50 315.7 316.6 292.2 331.7 5.03 10 550 5039 -4.7 -10.7 63 6.0 -7.2 249 54 318.5 319.1 291.3 328.5 3.07 11 500 5782 -9.4 -21.2 38 11.8 -13.0 252 56 321.6 321.8 290.7 326.4 1.41 12 450 6588 -14.8 -24.9 42 10.1 -17.4 256 58 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.6 1.12 13 400 7468 -21.3 -28.0 55 6.7 -22.8 258 61 327.3 327.5 291.9 330.7 0.95 14 350 8439 -28.1 -36.1 46 8.0 -29.3 259 67 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.7 0.50 15 300 9527 -36.3 -43.6 47 7.2 -37.0 260 72 334.2 334.3 293.1 335.3 0.27 16 250 10765 -46.2 -50.5 62 4.2 -46.4 259 73 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.15 17 200 12208 -57.6 -58.9 85 1.3 -57.6 267 74 341.5 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.07 18 150 13985 -65.1 -75.0 24 9.9 -65.2 259 69 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16419 -68.6 -83.4 10 14.7 -68.7 258 49 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.74 m Freezing level: 604.44 mb = 4290.74 m = 14077.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.29 mb = 4066.52 m = 13341.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.94 mb = 1326.10 m = 4350.66 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 10.69 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.13 mb = 2440.69 m = 8007.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.93 C = 91.27 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 38.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 442.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 485.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.38 mb = 1908.24 m = 6260.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.38 mb = 3559.35 m = 11677.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.38 mb = 10991.77 m = 36061.79 ft B at Equ Level: 483.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.38 mb = 13533.36 m = 44400.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 691.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 691.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 230.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.85 Bulk Rich Number: 1.90 Bulk Shear: 256.30 m/s