MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.89,-101.14 Latitude: 31.89 Longitude: -101.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 505 SFC 923 754 19.9 15.6 76 4.3 17.1 229 8 299.9 302.1 293.2 335.5 12.16 3 900 972 21.7 13.8 61 7.9 16.5 217 20 303.9 305.9 293.6 337.0 11.12 4 850 1467 19.2 12.3 64 6.9 14.7 220 20 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.3 10.64 5 800 1986 15.5 9.4 67 6.1 11.7 242 14 307.7 309.4 293.3 335.9 9.31 6 750 2530 11.6 7.3 75 4.3 9.0 226 14 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.4 8.58 7 700 3105 8.6 3.7 71 4.9 5.8 229 22 312.0 313.4 292.9 334.2 7.13 8 650 3714 4.3 -2.7 60 7.0 0.7 244 26 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.0 4.81 9 600 4360 0.1 -10.3 46 10.4 -4.3 240 31 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.7 2.92 10 550 5052 -4.2 -20.4 27 16.2 -9.4 237 32 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.8 1.37 11 500 5796 -8.5 -25.8 23 17.3 -13.2 238 35 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.0 0.93 12 450 6606 -13.0 -29.3 24 16.2 -16.9 240 46 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.6 0.75 13 400 7493 -19.3 -37.5 18 18.2 -22.5 243 54 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.38 14 350 8470 -26.7 -42.2 22 15.5 -28.7 243 60 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.8 0.27 15 300 9563 -35.7 -43.8 43 8.2 -36.4 244 64 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.26 16 250 10803 -45.2 -52.9 42 7.7 -45.6 250 69 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.11 17 200 12272 -51.5 -70.8 8 19.4 -51.8 249 68 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14084 -64.1 -76.7 16 12.5 -64.3 245 52 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16501 -73.1 -83.0 21 9.9 -73.2 253 30 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.05 m Freezing level: 598.78 mb = 4377.20 m = 14360.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.74 mb = 3804.53 m = 12481.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.66 mb = 1309.09 m = 4294.85 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.54 mb = 2783.64 m = 9132.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.80 mb = 2126.32 m = 6976.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.80 mb = 4203.04 m = 13789.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.80 mb = 9520.28 m = 31234.13 ft B at Equ Level: 77.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.80 mb = 11023.08 m = 36164.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.6 neg: -16.3 tot: 79.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.51 Bulk Shear: 17.22 m/s