MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 31.01,-101.85 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 508 SFC 920 786 26.6 12.2 41 14.5 17.2 163 16 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.4 9.73 3 900 983 25.9 11.7 41 14.2 16.6 165 25 308.2 310.0 293.7 337.4 9.62 4 850 1483 21.8 10.3 48 11.5 14.4 177 26 309.0 310.7 293.6 337.3 9.28 5 800 2006 19.4 5.7 41 13.7 11.2 205 21 311.9 313.2 292.9 334.2 7.19 6 750 2558 15.8 2.7 41 13.0 8.3 230 16 313.7 314.9 292.6 333.2 6.22 7 700 3138 10.5 0.6 50 9.9 5.1 238 16 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.2 5.73 8 650 3750 5.2 -2.0 60 7.2 1.5 245 17 314.8 315.8 292.0 330.9 5.08 9 600 4398 0.9 -11.6 39 12.5 -4.3 244 17 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.8 2.63 10 550 5092 -3.0 -22.6 20 19.6 -9.1 252 18 320.5 320.7 290.1 324.4 1.13 11 500 5839 -7.6 -31.7 13 24.0 -13.3 255 22 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.54 12 450 6650 -13.2 -35.8 13 22.5 -17.7 251 26 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.40 13 400 7534 -20.3 -32.4 33 12.1 -22.7 242 29 328.6 328.8 292.0 330.9 0.63 14 350 8509 -27.5 -35.9 44 8.4 -28.8 247 34 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.6 0.51 15 300 9599 -35.4 -50.5 20 15.1 -36.5 245 41 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.12 16 250 10842 -44.8 -45.4 95 0.5 -44.9 248 52 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.27 17 200 12304 -55.1 -55.2 99 0.0 -55.1 241 68 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.11 18 150 14089 -64.7 -75.6 21 10.9 -64.8 248 60 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16525 -71.6 -83.3 16 11.7 -71.6 254 36 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.86 m Freezing level: 588.36 mb = 4559.59 m = 14959.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.07 mb = 3912.48 m = 12836.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.64 mb = 2618.39 m = 8590.41 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.50 mb = 3592.62 m = 11786.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.12 C = 93.42 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.83 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.43 C Cross Totals Index: 17.91 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 65.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 304.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.22 mb = 2922.19 m = 9587.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 443.22 mb = 6763.96 m = 22191.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.22 mb = 9294.04 m = 30491.88 ft B at Equ Level: 63.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 253.22 mb = 10754.20 m = 35282.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.8 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 260.8 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 126.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 69.01 m/s