MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 76 SFC 998 92 28.8 21.5 65 7.4 23.5 189 9 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.4 16.34 2 950 529 24.1 19.3 75 4.8 20.8 190 18 301.6 304.4 295.7 345.9 15.03 3 900 1000 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 191 18 301.9 304.6 295.7 345.7 14.85 4 850 1492 16.4 16.0 97 0.4 16.1 194 20 303.3 305.9 295.2 343.6 13.57 5 800 2008 14.8 12.0 83 2.8 13.0 205 23 306.9 309.0 294.4 340.3 11.08 6 750 2552 12.0 7.5 74 4.5 9.3 211 25 309.6 311.3 293.4 336.3 8.70 7 700 3128 9.0 0.7 56 8.3 4.5 219 26 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.4 5.74 8 650 3737 4.8 -4.2 52 9.0 0.4 225 27 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.2 4.32 9 600 4385 0.5 -6.6 59 7.1 -2.8 223 28 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.2 3.89 10 550 5077 -4.1 -10.9 59 6.8 -7.0 227 31 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.1 3.02 11 500 5823 -7.6 -20.1 36 12.5 -11.6 233 34 323.8 324.1 291.5 329.2 1.55 12 450 6637 -11.7 -30.1 20 18.4 -16.2 242 40 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.70 13 400 7528 -18.1 -34.3 23 16.1 -21.3 245 47 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.4 0.52 14 350 8510 -25.8 -38.7 29 12.9 -27.7 248 53 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.38 15 300 9606 -34.8 -44.0 39 9.2 -35.7 249 56 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.3 0.26 16 250 10852 -43.3 -52.3 36 9.0 -43.7 257 60 341.7 341.8 294.8 342.2 0.12 17 200 12325 -52.5 -62.9 28 10.3 -52.8 264 58 349.6 349.6 296.6 349.8 0.04 18 150 14128 -64.8 -75.8 20 11.1 -64.8 249 50 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16541 -75.4 -82.5 32 7.1 -75.4 268 32 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.38 m Freezing level: 594.75 mb = 4457.44 m = 14623.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3810.43 m = 12501.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.38 mb = 1025.51 m = 3364.48 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 22.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.71 mb = 1206.10 m = 3956.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 31.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.75 mb = 1118.18 m = 3668.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.75 mb = 1363.63 m = 4473.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.75 mb = 11916.93 m = 39097.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.75 mb = 15321.39 m = 50266.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 93.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 40.16 Bulk Shear: 27.40 m/s