MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 4 OCT 25 Station: 31.07,-94.4 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 81 23.3 16.0 64 7.2 18.5 73 7 296.1 298.1 291.5 329.2 11.48 1 1000 116 23.7 16.0 62 7.8 18.6 73 10 296.9 299.0 291.7 330.1 11.49 2 950 564 23.6 14.4 57 9.1 17.5 81 19 301.1 303.1 292.6 333.3 10.94 3 900 1035 21.4 11.5 53 9.8 15.1 101 6 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.0 9.54 4 850 1528 18.1 9.5 57 8.6 12.7 277 6 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.5 8.79 5 800 2045 15.3 4.6 49 10.8 9.1 328 15 307.5 308.7 291.1 327.8 6.64 6 750 2589 12.2 1.8 49 10.5 6.5 349 22 309.9 311.0 291.1 327.9 5.82 7 700 3163 7.8 1.3 63 6.5 4.2 352 26 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.8 6.01 8 650 3769 3.2 -2.8 65 6.0 0.1 347 28 312.5 313.4 291.0 327.6 4.77 9 600 4414 0.3 -19.6 21 19.9 -6.4 339 25 316.5 316.7 289.0 321.0 1.35 10 550 5107 -2.8 -26.0 15 23.2 -9.5 340 25 320.8 320.9 289.9 323.7 0.84 11 500 5856 -7.3 -25.7 21 18.4 -12.5 342 22 324.2 324.3 291.0 327.5 0.94 12 450 6667 -13.5 -22.5 46 9.1 -16.1 340 24 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.2 1.39 13 400 7550 -20.3 -34.3 27 14.1 -22.9 346 25 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.6 0.52 14 350 8525 -27.7 -41.3 26 13.6 -29.4 343 26 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.29 15 300 9614 -35.7 -55.0 12 19.4 -36.9 348 35 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10855 -45.6 -58.6 22 13.0 -46.2 345 40 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12305 -55.7 -64.6 32 8.9 -55.9 320 36 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14103 -63.8 -75.6 18 11.9 -63.8 287 30 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16548 -70.1 -82.8 14 12.8 -70.1 292 20 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.89 m Freezing level: 595.16 mb = 4481.01 m = 14701.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.96 mb = 3782.23 m = 12408.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.59 % Est. max temperature: 32.15 C = 89.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.81 mb = 1008.22 m = 3307.76 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.51 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.78 mb = 2862.06 m = 9389.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.68 C = 99.83 F Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lifted Index: 2.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 3.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 28.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4750.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.12 mb = 1668.37 m = 5473.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.2 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 19.2 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.6 neg: -36.7 tot: 189.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 78.77 m/s