MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.88,-95.40 Latitude: 31.88 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 993 134 27.6 21.4 69 6.2 23.1 198 11 301.3 304.3 296.5 349.5 16.37 2 950 526 23.5 19.2 77 4.3 20.5 198 19 301.0 303.8 295.5 345.0 14.95 3 900 996 19.3 18.1 93 1.1 18.5 198 20 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.6 14.70 4 850 1487 16.3 15.9 98 0.4 16.1 200 23 303.2 305.7 295.1 343.3 13.51 5 800 2003 14.6 12.1 85 2.5 12.9 207 26 306.7 308.7 294.4 340.2 11.13 6 750 2547 11.7 7.3 75 4.4 9.0 212 27 309.3 310.9 293.2 335.6 8.60 7 700 3121 8.3 0.5 58 7.8 4.1 218 29 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.5 5.69 8 650 3729 4.1 -2.4 63 6.4 0.8 219 31 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.2 4.94 9 600 4375 -0.1 -4.7 71 4.5 -2.3 216 33 316.0 316.8 291.8 330.4 4.51 10 550 5066 -4.7 -9.4 70 4.7 -6.7 218 35 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.6 3.40 11 500 5810 -8.5 -18.7 43 10.2 -11.9 222 38 322.7 323.1 291.3 328.7 1.75 12 450 6621 -12.3 -27.4 27 15.1 -16.2 232 43 327.8 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.90 13 400 7511 -18.5 -31.6 31 13.1 -21.2 240 52 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.5 0.68 14 350 8491 -26.2 -36.6 37 10.4 -27.8 244 58 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.48 15 300 9586 -35.1 -41.4 53 6.2 -35.8 247 62 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.34 16 250 10832 -43.0 -50.1 46 7.1 -43.5 251 65 342.1 342.2 295.0 342.8 0.16 17 200 12306 -51.9 -67.8 13 15.8 -52.3 261 68 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14111 -64.4 -76.7 17 12.3 -64.6 248 55 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16529 -74.3 -82.5 27 8.2 -74.4 252 31 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.31 m Freezing level: 601.52 mb = 4355.47 m = 14289.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3886.51 m = 12750.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.43 mb = 914.85 m = 3001.46 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 20.29 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.79 mb = 1151.99 m = 3779.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 32.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1066.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.76 mb = 1055.66 m = 3463.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.76 mb = 1299.19 m = 4262.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.76 mb = 2015.61 m = 6612.82 ft B at Equ Level: 4.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.76 mb = 15021.37 m = 49282.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.0 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 244.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 41.20 Bulk Shear: 25.89 m/s