MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-99.49 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -99.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 522 SFC 949 529 21.3 17.4 78 3.9 18.7 179 14 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.6 13.29 3 900 989 18.8 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 191 32 300.9 303.3 294.3 339.8 13.27 4 850 1482 19.2 11.5 61 7.6 14.2 203 33 306.2 308.1 293.4 336.6 10.08 5 800 2003 18.4 2.2 34 16.2 9.3 205 20 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.3 5.61 6 750 2552 15.2 -0.5 34 15.7 6.7 219 14 313.1 314.0 291.3 328.5 4.91 7 700 3131 9.9 0.9 53 9.0 5.0 247 14 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.8 5.84 8 650 3741 4.8 -3.3 56 8.0 0.7 251 15 314.3 315.2 291.5 329.0 4.63 9 600 4389 0.8 -14.4 31 15.2 -5.1 252 16 317.0 317.4 289.9 323.9 2.08 10 550 5082 -3.5 -22.6 21 19.1 -9.4 252 17 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.9 1.13 11 500 5828 -8.5 -29.4 17 20.9 -13.7 241 20 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.1 0.67 12 450 6636 -14.1 -34.8 16 20.7 -18.3 233 27 325.5 325.5 290.9 327.1 0.44 13 400 7517 -21.3 -30.8 42 9.5 -23.2 236 31 327.3 327.4 291.7 329.9 0.73 14 350 8487 -28.5 -36.6 46 8.1 -29.7 241 38 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.1 0.47 15 300 9573 -36.3 -46.0 36 9.7 -37.1 245 48 334.2 334.2 293.0 335.0 0.21 16 250 10812 -45.5 -49.8 61 4.4 -45.7 249 60 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.1 0.16 17 200 12266 -55.9 -57.3 83 1.5 -55.9 247 79 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 18 150 14054 -63.8 -75.3 19 11.6 -63.8 248 73 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16493 -71.6 -83.4 16 11.8 -71.6 240 37 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.60 m Freezing level: 590.72 mb = 4517.81 m = 14822.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.77 mb = 3819.42 m = 12530.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.18 % Est. max temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.68 mb = 1030.83 m = 3381.96 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 11.57 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.41 mb = 2890.16 m = 9482.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.53 C = 95.96 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 30.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 341.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.50 mb = 1517.34 m = 4978.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.50 mb = 4502.72 m = 14772.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.50 mb = 10506.24 m = 34468.88 ft B at Equ Level: 385.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.50 mb = 13221.01 m = 43375.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.4 neg: -43.3 tot: 98.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 12.71 Bulk Shear: 30.45 m/s