MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 30.8,-99.96 Latitude: 30.80 Longitude: -99.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 565 SFC 940 657 20.1 18.4 90 1.7 18.9 189 14 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.2 14.34 3 900 1031 17.5 17.5 100 0.0 17.5 190 28 299.6 302.2 294.5 340.9 14.13 4 850 1521 17.8 11.8 68 6.0 13.9 197 36 304.8 306.7 293.2 335.5 10.26 5 800 2039 16.7 5.3 47 11.5 10.0 216 26 309.0 310.3 291.8 330.4 6.97 6 750 2588 15.1 1.5 40 13.6 7.5 255 20 313.0 314.0 291.9 330.8 5.69 7 700 3167 10.4 0.4 50 9.9 4.9 276 20 314.0 315.0 292.2 331.7 5.64 8 650 3778 4.7 -0.3 70 5.1 2.0 285 15 314.3 315.4 292.4 332.5 5.76 9 600 4425 -0.7 -3.0 85 2.2 -1.9 261 13 315.3 316.3 292.2 331.6 5.13 10 550 5118 -2.2 -22.4 20 20.2 -8.7 241 25 321.5 321.7 290.4 325.5 1.15 11 500 5869 -6.9 -27.8 17 20.9 -12.5 250 33 324.7 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.78 12 450 6681 -12.9 -30.1 22 17.2 -17.0 249 38 327.0 327.1 291.6 329.5 0.70 13 400 7567 -19.6 -33.9 27 14.3 -22.3 247 43 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.6 0.54 14 350 8543 -27.2 -37.6 37 10.4 -28.7 252 49 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.43 15 300 9636 -34.9 -41.5 51 6.6 -35.6 256 56 336.2 336.2 293.7 337.5 0.34 16 250 10881 -44.7 -46.6 81 1.9 -44.9 252 61 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.5 0.23 17 200 12337 -55.7 -58.0 75 2.4 -55.7 258 75 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 18 150 14115 -66.1 -74.6 30 8.5 -66.2 267 61 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16530 -71.6 -83.2 16 11.6 -71.6 290 30 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.13 m Freezing level: 606.63 mb = 4339.01 m = 14235.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.99 mb = 4108.17 m = 13478.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.34 mb = 866.82 m = 2843.85 ft T: 18.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.45 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.46 mb = 2902.08 m = 9521.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 26.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 280.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.76 mb = 1443.53 m = 4735.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.76 mb = 3995.45 m = 13108.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 562.76 mb = 4935.52 m = 16192.44 ft B at Equ Level: 55.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.76 mb = 12247.17 m = 40180.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.42 Bulk Shear: 51.76 m/s