MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.14,-99.1 Latitude: 31.14 Longitude: -99.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 953 496 25.9 16.6 57 9.3 19.5 263 9 303.2 305.5 294.4 340.4 12.57 2 950 525 25.0 16.4 59 8.6 19.1 264 10 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.4 12.44 3 900 996 20.7 14.6 68 6.1 16.7 254 13 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.6 11.71 4 850 1488 16.5 13.8 84 2.7 14.7 239 14 303.4 305.6 293.9 338.2 11.71 5 800 2002 12.5 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 231 18 304.5 306.6 293.9 338.4 11.36 6 750 2543 11.2 8.7 85 2.5 9.7 233 29 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.6 9.47 7 700 3118 8.6 4.0 73 4.5 5.9 232 37 312.0 313.4 293.0 334.7 7.32 8 650 3726 3.8 -0.2 75 4.0 1.7 232 40 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.6 5.81 9 600 4371 -1.0 -6.2 67 5.3 -3.4 237 45 315.0 315.8 291.1 327.8 4.01 10 550 5060 -5.6 -13.6 53 8.0 -8.6 241 48 317.5 317.9 290.4 325.5 2.44 11 500 5801 -10.0 -19.5 46 9.5 -13.0 243 51 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.63 12 450 6607 -13.3 -31.3 20 18.0 -17.3 241 61 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.8 0.62 13 400 7494 -19.0 -38.9 15 19.9 -22.3 251 66 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.5 0.33 14 350 8475 -26.0 -41.9 21 15.9 -28.0 253 71 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.28 15 300 9571 -34.5 -54.3 12 19.8 -35.8 261 75 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 16 250 10822 -42.4 -62.4 9 20.0 -43.2 262 74 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12301 -51.3 -70.7 8 19.4 -51.7 265 73 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14116 -62.9 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 252 48 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16534 -72.3 -83.0 18 10.8 -72.3 259 30 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.44 m Freezing level: 609.96 mb = 4242.83 m = 13919.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.14 mb = 3937.98 m = 12919.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.34 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.37 mb = 1665.52 m = 5464.24 ft T: 15.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.91 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1906.01 m = 6253.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.75 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.51 mb = 1735.71 m = 5694.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.51 mb = 3719.77 m = 12203.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.51 mb = 8257.59 m = 27091.51 ft B at Equ Level: 213.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.51 mb = 11359.79 m = 37269.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 82.19 m/s