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: 32.5,-94.69 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SFC 995 111 27.5 21.4 70 6.0 23.1 213 10 301.0 304.0 296.4 349.1 16.35 2 950 517 23.7 18.7 74 5.0 20.2 212 19 301.2 303.9 295.2 343.8 14.47 3 900 988 19.8 17.2 85 2.6 18.0 212 20 301.9 304.4 295.0 342.6 13.81 4 850 1479 16.7 15.2 90 1.6 15.7 213 23 303.7 306.0 294.8 341.9 12.85 5 800 1995 14.0 12.7 92 1.3 13.1 215 25 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.8 11.58 6 750 2538 10.8 9.3 91 1.5 9.9 218 27 308.3 310.2 293.9 338.3 9.88 7 700 3110 7.0 5.5 90 1.5 6.2 220 30 310.3 311.8 293.2 335.3 8.14 8 650 3716 3.0 1.9 92 1.1 2.4 222 32 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.5 6.77 9 600 4361 -0.9 -1.6 95 0.8 -1.3 225 36 315.1 316.2 292.5 333.0 5.66 10 550 5051 -5.3 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 228 40 317.9 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.58 11 500 5793 -9.9 -10.4 97 0.4 -10.1 228 45 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.4 3.48 12 450 6598 -14.8 -15.2 96 0.5 -14.9 231 52 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.5 2.60 13 400 7481 -20.0 -20.6 95 0.6 -20.2 236 60 329.0 329.3 293.2 335.4 1.85 14 350 8458 -26.5 -28.2 86 1.7 -26.9 238 66 333.0 333.2 293.6 336.9 1.08 15 300 9554 -33.6 -37.3 70 3.7 -34.1 243 71 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.0 0.52 16 250 10812 -41.9 -46.8 59 4.9 -42.2 251 62 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.23 17 200 12282 -53.0 -63.0 29 10.0 -53.2 257 66 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14091 -63.9 -77.5 14 13.6 -64.0 262 62 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16513 -72.1 -83.0 18 10.8 -72.2 269 35 388.4 388.4 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.63 m Freezing level: 611.26 mb = 4215.74 m = 13830.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.19 mb = 4133.38 m = 13560.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.40 mb = 878.40 m = 2881.85 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1369.31 m = 4492.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.67 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 40.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1071.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.64 mb = 1135.96 m = 3726.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.64 mb = 1893.01 m = 6210.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.64 mb = 10822.00 m = 35504.81 ft B at Equ Level: 1066.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.64 mb = 14962.72 m = 49089.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.2 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 252.2 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 32.17 Bulk Shear: 33.31 m/s