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: 31.01,-95.95 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 996 98 26.2 21.1 74 5.1 22.5 120 4 299.7 302.6 295.8 346.4 15.99 2 950 515 26.0 18.6 64 7.4 20.8 215 5 303.6 306.3 295.8 346.2 14.34 3 900 990 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.8 259 13 304.8 307.4 295.7 345.8 13.74 4 850 1486 19.0 15.3 79 3.7 16.5 255 21 306.0 308.5 295.5 344.9 12.97 5 800 2005 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.3 248 28 307.5 309.6 294.7 341.5 11.27 6 750 2548 10.3 10.0 98 0.3 10.2 251 34 307.8 309.7 294.1 339.1 10.35 7 700 3121 7.8 5.0 82 2.8 6.1 261 39 311.1 312.6 293.1 335.2 7.82 8 650 3729 4.3 -7.2 43 11.5 -1.0 268 40 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.8 3.41 9 600 4375 0.6 -19.9 20 20.5 -6.3 271 35 316.8 317.1 289.1 321.2 1.31 10 550 5069 -2.9 -27.1 14 24.1 -9.7 279 40 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.3 0.75 11 500 5816 -8.1 -37.3 8 29.2 -14.1 276 42 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.3 0.31 12 450 6626 -12.6 -42.8 6 30.1 -17.7 268 50 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 13 400 7514 -19.3 -48.6 6 29.3 -22.9 276 54 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.12 14 350 8490 -27.0 -50.0 9 23.1 -29.2 271 48 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 15 300 9585 -33.7 -53.1 12 19.4 -35.1 264 62 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.09 16 250 10846 -40.2 -63.5 7 23.3 -41.2 264 64 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.03 17 200 12331 -51.8 -68.9 11 17.1 -52.2 265 60 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14133 -65.6 -74.4 29 8.7 -65.7 257 53 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16539 -72.0 -83.0 18 11.1 -72.1 261 29 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.16 m Freezing level: 591.64 mb = 4491.36 m = 14735.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.89 mb = 3642.73 m = 11951.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.68 % Est. max temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.93 mb = 750.04 m = 2460.74 ft T: 24.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 25.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1853.46 m = 6080.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.54 C = 92.37 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 39.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1008.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.52 mb = 1368.86 m = 4490.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.52 mb = 2255.69 m = 7400.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.52 mb = 10667.73 m = 34998.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.52 mb = 15142.98 m = 49681.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 203.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 8.25 Bulk Shear: 122.23 m/s