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: 32.55,-94.75 Latitude: 32.55 Longitude: -94.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 995 113 27.3 21.4 70 5.9 23.0 216 10 300.9 303.9 296.4 349.0 16.36 2 950 517 23.6 18.7 74 5.0 20.2 215 19 301.2 303.8 295.1 343.5 14.41 3 900 987 19.8 17.0 84 2.7 17.9 215 21 301.9 304.4 294.9 342.3 13.71 4 850 1479 16.7 15.1 90 1.6 15.6 215 23 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.6 12.79 5 800 1994 13.9 12.7 92 1.2 13.1 216 25 306.0 308.1 294.5 340.8 11.61 6 750 2537 10.7 9.4 91 1.3 9.9 219 27 308.2 310.1 293.9 338.3 9.91 7 700 3109 7.0 5.4 89 1.6 6.1 221 30 310.3 311.8 293.1 335.0 8.07 8 650 3715 3.1 1.6 90 1.4 2.2 222 33 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.1 6.64 9 600 4360 -0.9 -1.8 93 1.0 -1.4 225 36 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.8 5.58 10 550 5050 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 228 41 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.5 4.55 11 500 5792 -9.9 -10.5 95 0.6 -10.2 229 46 320.9 321.6 292.3 332.2 3.43 12 450 6597 -14.8 -15.3 96 0.5 -15.0 231 52 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.3 2.59 13 400 7479 -20.1 -21.0 93 0.9 -20.3 236 60 328.9 329.2 293.1 335.2 1.80 14 350 8456 -26.5 -28.9 80 2.4 -27.0 238 67 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.6 1.00 15 300 9552 -33.6 -37.9 65 4.3 -34.2 242 72 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.8 0.48 16 250 10810 -41.9 -46.9 58 5.0 -42.3 251 60 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.7 0.22 17 200 12281 -53.0 -63.6 27 10.6 -53.2 257 65 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.04 18 150 14089 -63.9 -77.3 14 13.4 -64.0 261 62 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16512 -72.1 -83.0 18 10.9 -72.2 269 35 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.89 m Freezing level: 610.89 mb = 4219.50 m = 13843.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.83 mb = 4111.01 m = 13487.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.50 mb = 857.93 m = 2814.70 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.55 mb = 1372.65 m = 4503.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 40.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1044.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.53 mb = 1136.48 m = 3728.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.53 mb = 1893.48 m = 6212.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.53 mb = 10822.94 m = 35507.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1038.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.53 mb = 14966.03 m = 49100.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 31.52 Bulk Shear: 33.15 m/s