MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 31.61,-96.97 Latitude: 31.61 Longitude: -96.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 995 153 28.5 19.0 56 9.5 21.9 204 16 302.1 304.7 295.2 343.7 14.08 2 950 557 23.5 18.2 72 5.3 19.8 204 23 301.0 303.6 294.8 342.1 13.99 3 900 1027 19.0 17.4 90 1.6 17.9 204 24 301.1 303.6 294.8 342.3 14.01 4 850 1517 15.4 15.4 100 0.0 15.4 206 25 302.3 304.7 294.5 340.8 13.04 5 800 2031 14.4 8.8 69 5.6 10.9 221 27 306.5 308.1 292.6 333.4 8.91 6 750 2576 13.9 -2.2 33 16.0 5.6 237 23 311.6 312.5 290.4 325.3 4.35 7 700 3153 9.9 -2.4 42 12.4 3.6 240 20 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.0 4.57 8 650 3763 4.4 -2.5 61 6.9 0.9 249 22 313.9 314.9 291.6 329.4 4.89 9 600 4409 -0.0 -17.2 26 17.2 -6.2 265 21 316.1 316.4 289.2 321.6 1.65 10 550 5100 -4.2 -28.7 13 24.5 -10.6 254 21 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.65 11 500 5844 -8.4 -39.8 6 31.5 -14.4 252 23 322.9 322.9 289.9 323.8 0.24 12 450 6653 -13.5 -44.7 5 31.2 -18.4 251 27 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 13 400 7538 -20.1 -42.2 12 22.2 -23.3 259 33 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.23 14 350 8512 -27.8 -38.4 36 10.6 -29.3 258 38 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.8 0.40 15 300 9598 -36.5 -44.1 45 7.6 -37.2 279 50 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.9 0.25 16 250 10839 -45.8 -51.9 50 6.1 -46.1 269 52 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 17 200 12281 -58.3 -58.9 93 0.6 -58.3 264 51 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.07 18 150 14047 -65.3 -75.7 22 10.4 -65.4 269 59 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16485 -68.7 -83.3 10 14.6 -68.8 246 37 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.87 m Freezing level: 600.53 mb = 4402.41 m = 14443.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.64 mb = 3842.76 m = 12607.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.57 mb = 1351.35 m = 4433.52 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.73 mb = 1320.22 m = 4331.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 26.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 963.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.74 mb = 1251.42 m = 4105.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.74 mb = 1399.23 m = 4590.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.74 mb = 1700.80 m = 5579.99 ft B at Equ Level: 5.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 791.74 mb = 2118.31 m = 6949.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 52.47 Bulk Shear: 18.37 m/s