MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 31.21,-94.69 Latitude: 31.21 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 996 87 30.0 20.9 58 9.1 23.4 185 12 303.5 306.4 296.7 350.4 15.79 2 950 503 24.9 19.6 72 5.3 21.1 192 29 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.6 15.26 3 900 976 21.1 17.8 82 3.3 18.8 204 35 303.2 305.9 295.7 345.8 14.38 4 850 1470 18.2 14.9 81 3.2 16.0 223 34 305.2 307.5 295.0 343.0 12.65 5 800 1987 14.1 13.0 93 1.1 13.3 233 35 306.1 308.3 294.7 341.7 11.83 6 750 2531 12.2 6.4 68 5.8 8.7 242 33 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.6 8.07 7 700 3107 9.7 -1.0 47 10.7 4.1 249 30 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.3 5.08 8 650 3717 5.1 -5.9 45 10.9 -0.1 254 31 314.7 315.4 290.8 326.9 3.80 9 600 4365 1.3 -18.5 21 19.8 -5.7 253 32 317.7 317.9 289.6 322.7 1.48 10 550 5060 -2.2 -25.9 14 23.6 -9.1 254 37 321.4 321.6 290.1 324.4 0.84 11 500 5811 -6.9 -25.6 21 18.7 -12.2 259 40 324.6 324.8 291.1 328.0 0.95 12 450 6623 -12.5 -34.3 14 21.8 -17.1 263 43 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.46 13 400 7511 -18.5 -40.0 13 21.5 -22.0 262 45 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.29 14 350 8491 -26.9 -42.3 22 15.4 -28.9 268 52 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.5 0.26 15 300 9579 -36.9 -45.1 42 8.3 -37.5 273 55 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.23 16 250 10813 -46.4 -52.4 50 6.0 -46.7 291 67 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.12 17 200 12265 -56.4 -60.9 57 4.5 -56.5 280 52 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.05 18 150 14036 -65.7 -72.7 37 7.0 -65.7 296 68 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16472 -68.8 -83.1 11 14.2 -68.9 265 36 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.65 m Freezing level: 581.38 mb = 4624.29 m = 15171.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.51 mb = 3698.21 m = 12133.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.15 mb = 1237.59 m = 4060.28 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 27.68 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.89 mb = 1551.54 m = 5090.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -3.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 29.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1624.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.57 mb = 1253.30 m = 4111.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.57 mb = 1812.03 m = 5944.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.57 mb = 13032.08 m = 42755.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1607.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.57 mb = 16089.73 m = 52787.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 303.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.99 Bulk Rich Number: 18.83 Bulk Shear: 86.29 m/s