MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.43,-101.74 Latitude: 31.43 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 532 SFC 920 818 29.7 14.2 39 15.5 19.2 186 16 310.2 312.3 295.3 344.3 11.16 3 900 1010 26.4 13.6 45 12.8 17.8 187 19 308.7 310.8 294.8 342.0 10.95 4 850 1510 21.6 12.5 56 9.2 15.6 191 19 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.5 10.75 5 800 2032 18.7 7.4 47 11.4 11.7 207 16 311.1 312.6 293.3 336.0 8.07 6 750 2585 16.1 1.8 38 14.3 8.0 230 17 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.3 5.80 7 700 3166 11.0 0.8 49 10.2 5.4 242 19 314.7 315.8 292.5 332.9 5.78 8 650 3778 5.7 -2.5 55 8.2 1.5 252 21 315.4 316.4 292.0 331.0 4.89 9 600 4427 1.1 -10.9 40 12.0 -4.0 246 22 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.5 2.78 10 550 5121 -3.1 -20.3 25 17.3 -8.8 242 26 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.2 1.38 11 500 5868 -8.1 -28.5 18 20.5 -13.3 248 30 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.8 0.73 12 450 6677 -14.0 -32.3 20 18.3 -17.9 258 35 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.7 0.56 13 400 7560 -19.9 -38.1 18 18.2 -22.9 261 44 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.36 14 350 8537 -26.9 -36.6 39 9.7 -28.4 259 46 332.5 332.6 292.9 334.3 0.47 15 300 9629 -35.6 -41.9 52 6.3 -36.2 266 51 335.3 335.3 293.4 336.5 0.32 16 250 10870 -46.0 -50.9 58 4.8 -46.3 275 56 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12310 -58.5 -60.7 76 2.1 -58.6 279 63 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 18 150 14080 -66.0 -75.1 27 9.2 -66.0 264 54 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16517 -69.0 -83.4 11 14.4 -69.1 277 29 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.50 m Freezing level: 586.94 mb = 4608.57 m = 15119.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.38 mb = 3949.97 m = 12959.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.48 % Est. max temperature: 32.33 C = 90.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.48 mb = 2760.68 m = 9057.25 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.69 mb = 3409.06 m = 11184.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.90 F Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.88 C Showalter Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.53 C K Index: 31.92 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 631.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.75 mb = 2734.70 m = 8972.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.75 mb = 4138.53 m = 13577.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.75 mb = 12569.03 m = 41236.48 ft B at Equ Level: 619.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.75 mb = 14420.05 m = 47309.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.2 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 268.2 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 51.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 14.42 Bulk Shear: 43.82 m/s