MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 15Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-98.74 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -98.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 975 340 22.4 18.1 77 4.3 19.5 183 14 297.7 300.2 293.6 337.0 13.53 2 950 561 20.1 17.4 84 2.7 18.2 186 23 297.6 300.0 293.3 336.0 13.24 3 900 1028 20.4 13.5 64 6.9 15.9 211 31 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.8 10.87 4 850 1522 19.1 9.4 53 9.7 13.0 215 23 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.5 8.73 5 800 2040 15.7 5.8 52 9.9 9.9 209 16 307.9 309.3 291.7 330.1 7.26 6 750 2584 12.0 0.7 46 11.3 5.9 226 13 309.6 310.6 290.6 326.2 5.37 7 700 3157 7.6 0.5 61 7.1 3.8 270 13 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.69 8 650 3763 2.2 -0.2 84 2.4 1.0 294 18 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.6 5.80 9 600 4405 -1.9 -3.3 90 1.4 -2.6 290 22 313.9 314.8 291.6 329.6 4.99 10 550 5092 -6.3 -7.9 89 1.6 -7.0 288 20 316.6 317.3 291.4 329.0 3.84 11 500 5832 -10.8 -11.8 92 1.0 -11.2 286 25 319.9 320.5 291.7 330.1 3.09 12 450 6634 -15.8 -16.6 94 0.8 -16.0 273 32 323.4 323.8 292.0 331.2 2.33 13 400 7512 -22.0 -22.5 96 0.5 -22.2 270 36 326.3 326.7 292.2 331.8 1.57 14 350 8478 -29.9 -31.0 90 1.1 -30.1 265 39 328.4 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.82 15 300 9555 -39.0 -39.2 98 0.2 -39.1 261 44 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.42 16 250 10776 -49.3 -50.0 92 0.7 -49.4 260 63 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.16 17 200 12209 -58.1 -62.1 61 3.9 -58.2 260 73 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.05 18 150 13993 -63.4 -76.9 14 13.5 -63.5 263 69 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16445 -69.1 -84.4 9 15.3 -69.2 275 39 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.23 m Freezing level: 623.37 mb = 4104.70 m = 13466.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3929.72 m = 12892.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.11 mb = 884.66 m = 2902.38 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.77 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.44 mb = 2556.73 m = 8388.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.42 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.19 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.49 mb = 1466.28 m = 4810.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.49 mb = 3632.03 m = 11915.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.49 mb = 11298.04 m = 37066.61 ft B at Equ Level: 546.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.49 mb = 13573.65 m = 44532.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.7 neg: -57.6 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 7.79 Bulk Shear: 70.95 m/s