MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.09,-96.74 Latitude: 32.09 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 989 158 26.3 18.8 63 7.5 21.1 307 8 300.4 302.9 294.6 341.3 13.97 2 950 512 22.3 17.4 74 4.9 18.9 292 9 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.27 3 900 981 19.1 16.8 86 2.4 17.5 248 10 301.2 303.7 294.5 340.8 13.47 4 850 1471 15.9 15.1 95 0.8 15.4 230 15 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.7 12.80 5 800 1986 13.8 10.6 81 3.2 11.8 223 23 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.3 10.10 6 750 2528 11.2 6.8 74 4.4 8.5 224 29 308.7 310.3 292.8 334.0 8.28 7 700 3102 8.2 4.5 78 3.6 6.1 232 38 311.5 313.0 293.0 335.0 7.59 8 650 3710 3.6 1.0 83 2.6 2.2 234 44 313.1 314.3 292.5 333.0 6.36 9 600 4355 -1.3 -5.2 75 3.9 -3.1 235 47 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.5 4.33 10 550 5043 -6.1 -11.8 64 5.7 -8.3 237 49 316.9 317.4 290.6 326.1 2.81 11 500 5782 -10.7 -17.0 60 6.3 -12.8 235 49 320.0 320.4 290.8 326.7 2.01 12 450 6586 -14.6 -21.5 56 6.9 -16.6 240 54 324.9 325.2 291.7 330.2 1.52 13 400 7470 -19.5 -26.1 56 6.6 -21.1 249 56 329.6 329.8 292.7 333.7 1.13 14 350 8449 -26.1 -33.1 52 7.0 -27.3 249 53 333.6 333.7 293.3 336.1 0.67 15 300 9547 -33.6 -43.3 37 9.7 -34.7 257 48 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.1 0.28 16 250 10801 -42.8 -62.8 9 20.1 -43.5 264 59 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 17 200 12279 -50.4 -72.1 6 21.7 -50.8 266 69 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14102 -63.4 -77.9 12 14.5 -63.6 265 51 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16519 -73.0 -83.0 20 10.0 -73.0 266 33 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.26 m Freezing level: 612.86 mb = 4189.31 m = 13744.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.94 mb = 3975.73 m = 13043.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.13 mb = 1104.80 m = 3624.63 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1483.07 m = 4865.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.81 C K Index: 38.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.30 mb = 1180.77 m = 3873.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.30 mb = 3409.23 m = 11184.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.30 mb = 9445.26 m = 30988.01 ft B at Equ Level: 475.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.30 mb = 12461.76 m = 40884.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 173.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 121.33 m/s