MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.01,-95 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 997 90 26.5 20.9 71 5.6 22.5 175 5 299.9 302.8 295.7 346.1 15.80 2 950 521 25.0 18.9 69 6.1 20.8 176 20 302.6 305.3 295.7 345.9 14.65 3 900 995 22.3 16.2 68 6.1 18.1 204 20 304.5 306.9 295.1 343.3 13.01 4 850 1490 18.5 13.9 75 4.6 15.4 225 23 305.5 307.7 294.6 340.9 11.82 5 800 2007 14.4 12.0 86 2.4 12.9 234 25 306.5 308.6 294.3 339.9 11.10 6 750 2550 10.5 8.5 87 2.0 9.3 246 26 308.0 309.8 293.4 336.3 9.33 7 700 3125 9.7 2.5 61 7.2 5.6 262 30 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.8 6.58 8 650 3736 5.6 -5.6 44 11.2 0.2 257 33 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.7 3.88 9 600 4384 0.6 -15.2 29 15.8 -5.3 254 36 316.9 317.2 289.8 323.4 1.95 10 550 5076 -4.5 -24.1 20 19.6 -10.2 251 36 318.7 318.9 289.4 322.2 0.99 11 500 5819 -9.0 -29.9 17 20.9 -14.0 257 41 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.64 12 450 6627 -13.2 -35.6 13 22.3 -17.7 262 45 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.41 13 400 7515 -19.1 -45.9 7 26.9 -22.7 265 51 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.16 14 350 8494 -26.4 -49.9 9 23.5 -28.8 253 63 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.11 15 300 9589 -34.0 -54.5 11 20.5 -35.4 266 58 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.8 0.08 16 250 10844 -41.6 -60.8 11 19.2 -42.5 265 66 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 17 200 12326 -51.4 -70.1 9 18.7 -51.8 268 66 351.3 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14135 -64.0 -76.6 16 12.6 -64.1 266 48 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16544 -72.0 -82.9 18 10.9 -72.0 276 23 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.76 m Freezing level: 593.72 mb = 4471.28 m = 14669.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.22 mb = 3758.24 m = 12330.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.32 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.62 mb = 805.77 m = 2643.57 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 23.90 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1740.25 m = 5709.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.85 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 908.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.64 mb = 1311.71 m = 4303.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.64 mb = 2084.57 m = 6839.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 702.64 mb = 3093.78 m = 10150.08 ft B at Equ Level: 38.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.64 mb = 14433.47 m = 47353.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 230.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 8.99 Bulk Shear: 101.09 m/s