MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 23 OCT 25 Station: 31.74,-97.12 Latitude: 31.74 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 991 181 33.1 10.3 25 22.8 18.5 198 15 307.0 308.5 292.0 331.1 7.94 2 950 560 27.9 9.3 31 18.6 16.3 199 21 305.5 307.0 291.4 329.0 7.76 3 900 1035 23.3 8.4 39 14.9 14.2 201 21 305.5 307.0 291.4 328.9 7.72 4 850 1529 18.6 7.5 48 11.1 11.9 203 21 305.7 307.1 291.4 328.8 7.66 5 800 2045 13.9 6.1 59 7.8 9.3 206 20 305.9 307.3 291.2 328.3 7.38 6 750 2589 14.3 -4.6 27 18.9 4.9 246 16 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.6 3.62 7 700 3168 10.5 -2.2 41 12.7 3.9 261 16 314.1 315.0 291.4 328.9 4.66 8 650 3780 5.9 -5.3 44 11.2 0.5 250 17 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.96 9 600 4429 1.0 -8.6 49 9.6 -3.3 245 21 317.3 317.9 291.2 328.1 3.32 10 550 5122 -3.7 -12.6 50 8.9 -7.2 259 28 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.65 11 500 5868 -7.6 -33.9 10 26.3 -13.5 267 31 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.43 12 450 6681 -12.7 -32.5 17 19.8 -17.1 274 33 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.3 0.55 13 400 7566 -20.0 -31.3 36 11.3 -22.3 277 39 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.70 14 350 8540 -27.9 -34.3 55 6.4 -28.9 279 42 331.1 331.3 292.6 333.4 0.60 15 300 9628 -36.5 -47.4 32 10.9 -37.4 272 46 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.18 16 250 10864 -46.4 -57.2 28 10.8 -46.8 281 51 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12306 -57.7 -64.1 44 6.4 -57.9 272 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 14077 -66.4 -74.4 32 8.0 -66.5 270 71 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16496 -71.7 -83.4 16 11.7 -71.8 263 43 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.06 m Freezing level: 589.52 mb = 4574.09 m = 15006.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.54 mb = 3860.57 m = 12665.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.80 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.17 mb = 3023.11 m = 9918.22 ft T: 11.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.36 mb = 4131.97 m = 13556.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.58 C = 108.64 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.43 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 15.09 C K Index: 21.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5427.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.80 mb = 2922.14 m = 9586.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 26.57 m/s