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: 32.78,-94.33 Latitude: 32.78 Longitude: -94.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 997 98 19.5 17.9 91 1.5 18.4 327 5 292.8 295.2 291.7 330.0 13.07 2 950 515 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 308 17 296.6 298.8 291.9 330.8 11.83 3 900 980 17.9 15.5 86 2.4 16.3 254 15 299.9 302.2 293.3 336.2 12.37 4 850 1470 17.3 13.7 79 3.6 14.9 225 30 304.2 306.4 294.1 339.0 11.65 5 800 1986 14.5 10.9 79 3.6 12.2 226 35 306.6 308.6 293.7 337.7 10.29 6 750 2530 11.4 7.5 77 3.9 9.0 228 38 309.0 310.6 293.2 335.5 8.70 7 700 3103 7.6 4.4 80 3.2 5.8 231 39 310.9 312.3 292.8 334.1 7.53 8 650 3711 3.7 0.9 82 2.7 2.2 234 41 313.1 314.3 292.5 332.9 6.31 9 600 4356 -0.9 -3.2 84 2.3 -2.1 236 43 315.1 316.0 292.0 331.0 5.02 10 550 5045 -5.9 -7.9 86 2.0 -6.8 235 44 317.1 317.9 291.6 329.5 3.84 11 500 5785 -10.4 -12.0 88 1.6 -11.0 232 45 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.5 3.05 12 450 6590 -14.1 -15.8 88 1.6 -14.7 238 48 325.5 326.0 292.8 333.9 2.49 13 400 7475 -18.8 -20.3 88 1.5 -19.3 247 45 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.3 1.90 14 350 8457 -25.4 -27.3 84 1.9 -25.8 247 43 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.7 1.17 15 300 9557 -34.0 -38.4 64 4.4 -34.6 250 38 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.2 0.46 16 250 10810 -43.0 -55.0 26 12.0 -43.6 251 39 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.09 17 200 12282 -51.6 -70.0 9 18.4 -52.0 267 46 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14095 -64.1 -76.3 17 12.2 -64.3 260 47 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16524 -70.5 -83.4 13 13.0 -70.5 265 27 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.52 m Freezing level: 609.92 mb = 4227.94 m = 13871.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.43 mb = 4034.24 m = 13235.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.24 mb = 289.31 m = 949.16 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.42 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.98 mb = 2243.15 m = 7359.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.51 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 38.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 361.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.37 mb = 900.81 m = 2955.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 563.37 mb = 4854.44 m = 15926.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 493.37 mb = 5886.64 m = 19312.88 ft B at Equ Level: 34.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 433.37 mb = 6872.81 m = 22548.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 5.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.3 neg: -58.9 tot: 81.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 158.11 m/s