MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.21,-95.63 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 95 25.2 19.3 70 5.9 21.1 166 12 298.1 300.7 294.1 339.3 14.16 1 1000 118 25.4 19.3 69 6.2 21.1 167 15 298.6 301.2 294.3 339.9 14.20 2 950 568 23.1 18.0 73 5.2 19.6 182 33 300.7 303.2 294.6 341.0 13.76 3 900 1040 22.6 14.3 59 8.4 17.1 204 27 304.8 307.0 294.1 339.0 11.43 4 850 1537 20.1 11.8 59 8.3 14.7 236 20 307.2 309.1 293.9 338.1 10.25 5 800 2056 15.8 10.0 69 5.7 12.1 260 22 307.9 309.8 293.7 337.4 9.69 6 750 2601 11.9 4.2 59 7.7 7.5 287 24 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.7 6.90 7 700 3177 11.2 -14.9 15 26.1 0.7 299 24 314.9 315.2 288.9 320.6 1.72 8 650 3792 9.1 -35.0 3 44.1 -2.9 298 20 319.2 319.3 288.8 320.3 0.30 9 600 4449 5.2 -38.7 2 43.9 -5.5 292 18 322.1 322.2 289.7 323.0 0.22 10 550 5152 0.5 -42.9 2 43.5 -8.7 287 16 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.3 0.16 11 500 5908 -5.1 -45.3 3 40.2 -12.5 286 17 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.3 0.13 12 450 6725 -11.6 -47.5 3 35.9 -17.2 288 24 328.6 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.12 13 400 7614 -18.8 -49.3 5 30.5 -22.6 285 31 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 14 350 8593 -26.8 -50.4 9 23.6 -29.2 285 35 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 15 300 9684 -35.5 -49.7 22 14.2 -36.6 294 40 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 16 250 10928 -44.8 -50.4 54 5.5 -45.2 304 50 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.15 17 200 12382 -56.5 -58.6 77 2.1 -56.6 301 51 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.07 18 150 14159 -65.9 -75.5 25 9.6 -66.0 298 50 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16553 -74.1 -82.4 27 8.3 -74.1 278 28 384.6 384.6 303.0 384.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.12 m Freezing level: 545.17 mb = 5225.49 m = 17143.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.71 mb = 3287.97 m = 10787.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.42 % Est. max temperature: 34.12 C = 93.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.45 mb = 853.75 m = 2800.97 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 20.72 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2237.53 m = 7340.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.54 C = 95.97 F Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 16.86 C K Index: 10.85 Risk: None Sweat Index: 319.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 594.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.63 mb = 1338.47 m = 4391.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 444.63 mb = 6815.64 m = 22360.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.63 mb = 11069.91 m = 36318.17 ft B at Equ Level: 214.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.63 mb = 13219.79 m = 43371.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 164.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 1.69 Bulk Shear: 128.64 m/s