MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.11,-95.79 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 986 184 22.8 18.9 79 3.9 20.1 259 4 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.7 14.04 2 950 508 20.7 16.5 77 4.3 17.9 242 13 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.6 12.50 3 900 975 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.5 237 20 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.6 11.53 4 850 1462 14.8 12.2 84 2.6 13.1 237 25 301.6 303.5 292.4 332.7 10.53 5 800 1973 12.1 9.6 85 2.5 10.6 234 32 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.3 9.44 6 750 2512 9.5 7.8 89 1.8 8.5 229 40 306.9 308.6 292.7 333.8 8.87 7 700 3083 6.3 4.2 87 2.1 5.1 228 50 309.4 310.8 292.3 332.2 7.41 8 650 3686 1.6 -0.7 85 2.3 0.4 229 56 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.2 5.60 9 600 4327 -2.5 -4.4 87 1.9 -3.4 223 57 313.2 314.1 291.0 327.7 4.59 10 550 5012 -6.5 -8.4 86 1.9 -7.3 221 57 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.3 3.69 11 500 5750 -11.0 -12.2 91 1.2 -11.5 226 56 319.6 320.2 291.6 329.5 3.01 12 450 6553 -15.6 -17.0 88 1.5 -16.0 227 56 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.3 2.23 13 400 7431 -21.0 -24.1 76 3.1 -21.8 229 53 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.36 14 350 8405 -27.1 -32.5 60 5.4 -28.0 235 49 332.2 332.3 293.0 334.8 0.71 15 300 9502 -32.7 -41.2 42 8.5 -33.7 252 42 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.6 0.34 16 250 10761 -42.5 -51.6 36 9.2 -43.0 248 45 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.4 0.13 17 200 12231 -52.5 -69.6 11 17.2 -52.8 263 61 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.8 0.02 18 150 14049 -62.6 -77.0 13 14.5 -62.7 266 55 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16491 -69.5 -83.6 11 14.2 -69.5 261 35 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.36 m Freezing level: 630.79 mb = 3932.28 m = 12901.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.78 mb = 3750.79 m = 12305.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.38 mb = 679.13 m = 2228.09 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.07 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1514.39 m = 4968.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 243.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.18 mb = 1125.81 m = 3693.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.18 mb = 3209.94 m = 10531.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 379.18 mb = 7820.83 m = 25658.59 ft B at Equ Level: 242.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.18 mb = 9998.32 m = 32802.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 42.8 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 32.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 8.2 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 144.17 m/s