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: 31.21,-94.92 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -94.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 997 90 25.0 21.3 80 3.8 22.3 188 4 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.3 16.15 2 950 521 25.0 18.7 68 6.2 20.6 191 16 302.6 305.2 295.6 345.4 14.48 3 900 994 21.8 16.6 72 5.2 18.2 211 19 304.0 306.5 295.2 343.7 13.34 4 850 1488 18.1 14.5 80 3.6 15.7 225 23 305.1 307.4 294.8 342.0 12.34 5 800 2005 14.3 12.1 86 2.2 12.9 232 26 306.4 308.5 294.3 339.9 11.14 6 750 2548 10.8 8.3 85 2.5 9.3 241 27 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.3 9.21 7 700 3123 9.3 2.8 64 6.5 5.6 256 30 312.8 314.1 292.7 333.7 6.70 8 650 3734 5.0 -3.3 55 8.3 0.8 255 33 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.62 9 600 4381 0.1 -10.7 44 10.8 -4.4 253 36 316.2 316.7 290.4 325.4 2.81 10 550 5071 -4.9 -20.0 30 15.0 -9.8 249 37 318.2 318.5 289.7 323.1 1.42 11 500 5813 -9.3 -26.3 24 17.0 -13.8 255 42 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.9 0.89 12 450 6621 -13.4 -30.1 23 16.7 -17.3 263 46 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.70 13 400 7508 -18.9 -37.3 18 18.4 -22.1 264 51 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.39 14 350 8488 -25.9 -44.3 16 18.3 -28.2 254 60 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.6 0.21 15 300 9585 -34.1 -46.6 27 12.5 -35.3 268 55 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.1 0.19 16 250 10840 -41.6 -56.3 19 14.7 -42.4 265 62 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.07 17 200 12321 -51.3 -70.5 8 19.2 -51.7 267 65 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14131 -64.5 -76.3 18 11.8 -64.6 264 49 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16542 -71.8 -82.9 17 11.1 -71.9 276 23 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.69 m Freezing level: 599.32 mb = 4390.29 m = 14403.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.03 mb = 3833.26 m = 12576.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.37 mb = 573.01 m = 1879.93 ft T: 24.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 22.30 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.35 mb = 1677.65 m = 5504.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 898.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.14 mb = 1236.40 m = 4056.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.14 mb = 2109.77 m = 6921.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.14 mb = 3121.75 m = 10241.85 ft B at Equ Level: 38.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.14 mb = 14535.16 m = 47686.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.6 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 274.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 196.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 80.21 m/s