MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 32.02,-95.16 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -95.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 999 129 21.8 19.5 87 2.3 20.3 199 10 295.1 297.7 293.4 336.6 14.47 2 950 565 21.2 17.6 80 3.6 18.7 213 32 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.7 13.42 3 900 1036 22.3 14.3 61 7.9 17.0 229 33 304.5 306.6 294.0 338.7 11.49 4 850 1532 20.2 10.6 54 9.6 14.1 249 29 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.51 5 800 2052 17.0 6.6 50 10.4 10.7 277 27 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.8 7.66 6 750 2598 12.7 0.4 43 12.3 6.1 294 19 310.4 311.4 290.8 326.8 5.26 7 700 3172 7.9 -7.5 33 15.4 0.9 316 14 311.2 311.8 289.1 321.2 3.11 8 650 3781 7.6 -31.6 4 39.2 -3.5 281 12 317.5 317.6 288.4 319.0 0.42 9 600 4436 4.2 -38.6 3 42.8 -6.0 264 18 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.23 10 550 5136 -1.0 -41.3 3 40.3 -9.5 275 22 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.19 11 500 5887 -6.9 -43.3 4 36.4 -13.6 284 25 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.17 12 450 6698 -13.6 -43.7 6 30.1 -18.4 288 27 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.18 13 400 7581 -20.2 -45.5 9 25.3 -23.5 283 29 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.16 14 350 8556 -27.1 -46.5 14 19.4 -29.2 284 39 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.17 15 300 9649 -35.3 -43.0 45 7.7 -36.1 289 43 335.6 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.28 16 250 10891 -45.3 -46.8 84 1.5 -45.4 298 55 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.6 0.23 17 200 12342 -57.0 -59.9 69 2.9 -57.1 299 60 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.06 18 150 14120 -64.5 -77.8 14 13.3 -64.6 292 51 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16522 -74.9 -82.3 31 7.3 -75.0 275 39 382.9 382.9 302.7 383.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.13 m Freezing level: 559.36 mb = 5004.90 m = 16420.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.78 mb = 3293.12 m = 10804.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.12 % Est. max temperature: 34.12 C = 93.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.96 mb = 420.21 m = 1378.63 ft T: 21.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.73 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.70 mb = 2456.35 m = 8058.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.86 C = 98.34 F Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.54 C K Index: 22.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 134.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 580.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.93 mb = 1152.86 m = 3782.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 472.93 mb = 6315.49 m = 20719.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.93 mb = 9579.81 m = 31429.45 ft B at Equ Level: 134.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.93 mb = 11935.11 m = 39156.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 301.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 301.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 53.71 m/s