MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.14,-94.81 Latitude: 30.14 Longitude: -94.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 30 25.9 21.3 75 4.7 22.6 167 9 298.7 301.6 295.6 345.4 16.03 1 1000 68 26.7 20.9 71 5.8 22.6 172 12 299.9 302.8 295.7 346.0 15.77 2 950 522 25.7 17.8 62 7.8 20.2 193 22 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.7 13.65 3 900 996 22.0 16.2 69 5.9 18.0 207 19 304.2 306.6 295.0 342.7 12.94 4 850 1490 19.0 14.1 74 4.8 15.7 242 17 306.0 308.3 294.8 342.1 12.02 5 800 2010 15.4 11.9 79 3.5 13.1 264 20 307.6 309.7 294.6 340.9 11.01 6 750 2555 12.7 6.4 65 6.4 8.9 260 22 310.4 311.9 293.1 335.2 8.06 7 700 3133 10.5 -1.8 42 12.2 4.1 260 26 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.3 4.81 8 650 3745 6.0 -7.0 39 13.0 -0.1 260 29 315.7 316.4 290.8 326.9 3.47 9 600 4394 1.3 -17.3 23 18.6 -5.4 260 31 317.7 318.0 289.7 323.2 1.64 10 550 5088 -3.0 -31.1 9 28.2 -10.1 264 35 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.4 0.52 11 500 5836 -7.4 -39.8 5 32.4 -13.7 268 39 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.24 12 450 6648 -12.2 -44.6 5 32.3 -17.5 260 48 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.16 13 400 7539 -17.5 -42.9 9 25.4 -21.5 259 56 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.22 14 350 8523 -25.4 -46.1 13 20.7 -27.8 261 60 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.18 15 300 9620 -34.7 -51.5 17 16.8 -36.0 258 61 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 16 250 10874 -41.3 -63.0 8 21.7 -42.2 267 59 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 17 200 12354 -52.4 -68.3 13 15.9 -52.7 270 51 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14153 -65.2 -75.0 25 9.8 -65.3 257 45 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16553 -75.2 -82.4 32 7.1 -75.3 254 23 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.10 m Freezing level: 584.43 mb = 4610.24 m = 15125.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.17 mb = 3729.91 m = 12237.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.86 % Est. max temperature: 33.08 C = 91.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.49 mb = 628.79 m = 2062.95 ft T: 24.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 23.55 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.10 mb = 1965.77 m = 6449.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.70 C = 94.46 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 28.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.62 mb = 1352.89 m = 4438.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.62 mb = 3761.98 m = 12342.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.62 mb = 10640.82 m = 34910.39 ft B at Equ Level: 536.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.62 mb = 13803.10 m = 45285.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 87.52 m/s