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: 31.07,-95.4 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 999 78 23.8 21.4 87 2.4 22.1 227 2 297.1 300.0 295.3 344.2 16.30 2 950 520 25.3 18.5 66 6.8 20.5 222 12 302.9 305.5 295.5 344.9 14.21 3 900 993 21.5 16.9 75 4.6 18.3 227 16 303.7 306.2 295.3 343.9 13.56 4 850 1486 17.9 15.2 85 2.6 16.1 236 20 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.4 12.91 5 800 2004 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.8 239 27 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.2 12.12 6 750 2548 11.1 10.4 95 0.8 10.6 243 31 308.7 310.7 294.5 340.9 10.59 7 700 3122 7.9 5.1 83 2.8 6.3 258 36 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.6 7.91 8 650 3730 4.0 -2.0 65 6.0 1.0 265 39 313.5 314.5 291.6 329.6 5.10 9 600 4375 -0.3 -15.7 30 15.4 -6.0 266 36 315.8 316.1 289.3 322.0 1.88 10 550 5068 -3.0 -23.3 19 20.3 -9.2 271 38 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.06 11 500 5815 -7.9 -29.8 15 21.9 -13.3 266 44 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.65 12 450 6626 -12.5 -35.1 13 22.6 -17.2 264 51 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.1 0.43 13 400 7514 -19.0 -40.1 14 21.1 -22.4 268 50 330.3 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.29 14 350 8492 -26.5 -44.3 17 17.8 -28.6 264 51 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 15 300 9588 -34.0 -50.3 18 16.4 -35.3 259 64 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.13 16 250 10846 -40.9 -57.5 15 16.6 -41.8 260 62 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 17 200 12329 -52.0 -68.5 12 16.5 -52.4 265 62 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14130 -65.0 -74.7 25 9.6 -65.1 260 54 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16541 -71.7 -83.1 17 11.3 -71.8 260 27 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.96 m Freezing level: 603.51 mb = 4329.83 m = 14205.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.08 mb = 3816.39 m = 12520.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.91 mb = 381.80 m = 1252.62 ft T: 24.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 22.94 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1666.80 m = 5468.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 38.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 794.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.74 mb = 1199.26 m = 3934.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.74 mb = 2285.12 m = 7497.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.74 mb = 10477.29 m = 34373.90 ft B at Equ Level: 792.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.74 mb = 14383.43 m = 47189.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 81.03 m/s