MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.36,-94.84 Latitude: 31.36 Longitude: -94.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 91 26.2 20.7 72 5.5 22.3 174 8 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.8 15.57 1 1000 95 25.6 20.7 74 4.9 22.1 175 8 298.7 301.5 295.3 343.9 15.51 2 950 543 20.8 19.7 94 1.0 20.1 181 16 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.1 15.42 3 900 1011 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.1 196 21 300.9 303.5 295.0 343.0 14.32 4 850 1501 17.1 13.0 77 4.0 14.4 203 19 304.1 306.1 293.7 337.4 11.18 5 800 2017 14.4 10.3 76 4.2 11.8 204 17 306.5 308.4 293.4 336.3 9.86 6 750 2561 11.7 7.0 73 4.6 8.9 209 19 309.2 310.8 293.1 335.1 8.44 7 700 3137 9.9 -3.8 38 13.7 3.0 218 20 313.4 314.2 290.7 326.5 4.12 8 650 3748 5.9 -8.0 36 13.9 -0.4 220 19 315.6 316.2 290.6 326.0 3.22 9 600 4397 0.9 -9.1 47 9.9 -3.5 215 18 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.6 3.21 10 550 5090 -3.8 -13.4 47 9.6 -7.5 222 20 319.6 320.0 291.1 327.8 2.48 11 500 5835 -8.6 -21.4 35 12.8 -12.5 232 26 322.6 322.8 291.0 327.3 1.38 12 450 6647 -12.1 -28.2 25 16.0 -16.2 243 29 328.0 328.2 292.0 331.0 0.84 13 400 7537 -18.2 -36.3 19 18.1 -21.5 242 34 331.3 331.4 292.5 332.9 0.43 14 350 8518 -25.9 -47.9 11 22.0 -28.3 250 40 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.14 15 300 9613 -35.1 -50.5 19 15.4 -36.3 252 44 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.12 16 250 10856 -44.9 -57.8 22 12.9 -45.4 254 46 339.3 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.06 17 200 12322 -51.8 -70.8 8 19.0 -52.1 262 56 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14132 -64.3 -76.9 16 12.7 -64.4 247 44 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16543 -73.3 -82.9 22 9.5 -73.3 260 34 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.12 m Freezing level: 590.75 mb = 4525.00 m = 14845.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.49 mb = 3665.83 m = 12026.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.38 mb = 788.99 m = 2588.53 ft T: 19.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 18.75 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1123.18 m = 3684.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.51 C = 83.31 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 25.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 649.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.12 mb = 800.80 m = 2627.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.12 mb = 3910.05 m = 12828.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.12 mb = 11486.80 m = 37685.90 ft B at Equ Level: 635.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.12 mb = 13840.04 m = 45406.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.9 neg: -3.3 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 38.94 Bulk Shear: 16.69 m/s