MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.34,-95.08 Latitude: 31.34 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 995 96 25.4 21.6 80 3.7 22.7 192 12 298.9 302.0 296.0 347.3 16.59 2 950 501 23.1 20.5 85 2.6 21.2 196 33 300.6 303.6 296.2 348.1 16.18 3 900 973 23.1 16.0 64 7.1 18.2 224 39 305.3 307.7 295.2 343.6 12.79 4 850 1470 20.6 11.3 55 9.3 14.6 242 39 307.8 309.6 293.8 338.0 9.97 5 800 1991 16.3 8.8 61 7.5 11.6 254 39 308.5 310.2 293.2 335.7 8.92 6 750 2536 12.1 7.6 74 4.4 9.3 267 41 309.7 311.3 293.4 336.5 8.79 7 700 3110 7.1 5.5 89 1.6 6.1 275 42 310.3 311.9 293.1 335.2 8.10 8 650 3716 2.8 -1.1 75 3.9 0.8 275 41 312.2 313.2 291.5 329.2 5.44 9 600 4363 2.2 -22.0 15 24.3 -5.8 274 46 318.7 318.9 289.5 322.5 1.09 10 550 5059 -2.3 -24.8 16 22.6 -9.0 273 51 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.6 0.93 11 500 5808 -7.2 -25.6 22 18.3 -12.4 273 56 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.6 0.95 12 450 6620 -12.8 -28.2 26 15.4 -16.6 269 59 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.83 13 400 7507 -19.4 -32.8 29 13.5 -22.0 268 59 329.8 330.0 292.3 332.1 0.60 14 350 8484 -27.3 -39.3 31 12.0 -28.9 275 59 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.36 15 300 9572 -36.7 -46.1 37 9.4 -37.5 277 64 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.5 0.20 16 250 10808 -46.0 -53.7 42 7.7 -46.4 276 69 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.0 0.10 17 200 12261 -55.3 -63.8 34 8.5 -55.5 270 57 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14048 -63.6 -76.4 16 12.8 -63.7 283 62 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16487 -67.7 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.8 289 27 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.66 m Freezing level: 575.26 mb = 4707.75 m = 15445.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.05 mb = 3790.02 m = 12434.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.24 C = 93.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.74 mb = 567.64 m = 1862.31 ft T: 23.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1913.61 m = 6278.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.81 C = 94.66 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.88 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 37.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1487.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 142.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.23 mb = 1087.48 m = 3567.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.23 mb = 2500.13 m = 8202.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.23 mb = 12474.50 m = 40926.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1480.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.23 mb = 15739.31 m = 51637.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 42.6 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 549.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 549.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 183.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.63 Bulk Rich Number: 7.22 Bulk Shear: 205.88 m/s