MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510010000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510010000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 33.3,-98.6 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -98.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 979 346 31.9 16.2 39 15.7 21.1 124 10 306.9 309.1 295.0 342.8 11.91 2 950 614 27.3 15.5 49 11.8 19.3 125 12 304.9 307.1 294.3 340.0 11.75 3 900 1089 22.6 14.6 61 8.0 17.2 126 11 304.8 307.0 294.3 339.8 11.71 4 850 1583 17.9 13.7 76 4.2 15.1 127 9 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.8 11.66 5 800 2098 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 125 8 305.2 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.58 6 750 2639 9.1 8.9 99 0.2 8.9 116 6 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.3 9.57 7 700 3209 7.2 2.9 74 4.3 4.8 93 3 310.5 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.76 8 650 3817 4.1 -1.0 69 5.1 1.4 166 5 313.6 314.7 291.9 330.9 5.48 9 600 4463 0.5 -6.6 59 7.1 -2.8 223 6 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.89 10 550 5160 -0.1 -24.3 14 24.2 -7.8 229 12 323.9 324.1 291.0 327.4 0.97 11 500 5917 -4.5 -30.5 11 26.1 -11.3 228 18 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.8 0.60 12 450 6736 -10.6 -34.6 12 24.0 -15.9 245 18 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.45 13 400 7630 -17.7 -37.1 17 19.4 -21.2 260 17 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.40 14 350 8613 -25.6 -42.6 19 17.0 -27.8 267 19 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.3 0.26 15 300 9711 -34.3 -38.1 68 3.9 -34.8 287 27 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.9 0.47 16 250 10962 -42.3 -53.3 29 10.9 -42.9 281 46 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.6 0.11 17 200 12432 -53.7 -62.5 33 8.8 -53.9 294 52 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14230 -65.6 -76.2 22 10.6 -65.7 296 38 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16622 -74.3 -82.4 28 8.1 -74.3 289 13 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.96 m Freezing level: 561.11 mb = 5005.32 m = 16421.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.10 mb = 4029.34 m = 13219.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.79 mb = 2312.61 m = 7587.20 ft T: 11.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.32 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.41 mb = 2146.60 m = 7042.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: 2.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.15 C K Index: 31.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.26 mb = 2127.18 m = 6978.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.26 mb = 2179.85 m = 7151.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 582.26 mb = 4703.58 m = 15431.50 ft B at Equ Level: 76.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 502.26 mb = 5881.12 m = 19294.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.4 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 211.4 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -19.0 tot: -13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.11 Bulk Shear: 12.58 m/s