MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 26 OCT 25 Station: 32.49,-95.87 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -95.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 996 144 23.3 19.3 78 4.0 20.5 194 13 296.7 299.3 293.8 338.0 14.29 2 950 558 20.4 18.2 87 2.2 18.9 203 28 297.8 300.4 293.9 338.4 13.99 3 900 1026 20.6 14.4 68 6.1 16.5 225 32 302.7 304.8 293.6 336.9 11.56 4 850 1519 18.5 11.7 65 6.7 14.1 238 27 305.5 307.4 293.4 336.2 10.25 5 800 2036 14.4 10.1 76 4.3 11.7 249 21 306.5 308.3 293.3 336.0 9.78 6 750 2578 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.8 261 20 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.21 7 700 3147 6.2 -5.3 43 11.5 0.8 298 18 309.4 310.1 289.0 321.0 3.68 8 650 3751 4.3 -20.2 15 24.5 -4.0 321 18 313.8 314.1 288.1 317.8 1.18 9 600 4400 2.8 -36.6 4 39.4 -6.7 294 19 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.4 0.28 10 550 5099 -1.0 -44.8 2 43.8 -9.6 271 21 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.13 11 500 5850 -6.6 -35.8 8 29.1 -13.0 273 23 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.3 0.36 12 450 6662 -13.8 -29.0 26 15.2 -17.4 277 26 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.77 13 400 7544 -20.6 -35.4 25 14.8 -23.2 289 31 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.47 14 350 8515 -28.8 -36.0 50 7.2 -29.9 291 34 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.51 15 300 9599 -37.0 -44.2 47 7.2 -37.6 285 43 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.25 16 250 10832 -47.3 -52.9 53 5.6 -47.6 281 51 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.11 17 200 12276 -56.9 -66.0 30 9.2 -57.0 283 66 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 14063 -64.2 -76.4 17 12.2 -64.3 281 63 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16517 -68.9 -83.8 10 14.9 -68.9 299 31 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.07 m Freezing level: 563.05 mb = 4916.48 m = 16130.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.36 mb = 3248.35 m = 10657.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.43 % Est. max temperature: 32.08 C = 89.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.09 mb = 648.79 m = 2128.55 ft T: 20.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km ThetaE index: 20.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1972.19 m = 6470.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.22 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.78 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 25.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 347.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 149.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.24 mb = 1071.94 m = 3516.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.24 mb = 2575.41 m = 8449.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.24 mb = 3623.97 m = 11889.53 ft B at Equ Level: 40.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 590.24 mb = 4531.81 m = 14867.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 207.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 5.43 Bulk Shear: 63.91 m/s