MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.84,-100.05 Latitude: 31.84 Longitude: -100.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 506 SFC 942 577 20.1 14.4 70 5.7 16.4 189 8 298.3 300.3 291.9 330.5 11.04 3 900 974 21.1 13.8 63 7.2 16.3 202 28 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.2 11.11 4 850 1468 19.2 9.1 52 10.1 12.9 215 26 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.1 8.57 5 800 1987 16.1 9.7 66 6.4 12.1 233 17 308.4 310.1 293.6 337.3 9.51 6 750 2533 12.9 6.8 67 6.1 9.2 231 15 310.5 312.1 293.3 336.0 8.29 7 700 3110 9.2 3.8 69 5.4 6.1 221 21 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.2 7.21 8 650 3720 5.0 -0.9 65 6.0 1.9 220 24 314.7 315.7 292.3 332.0 5.50 9 600 4369 0.8 -7.4 54 8.2 -2.9 228 25 317.0 317.8 291.4 328.9 3.67 10 550 5062 -3.9 -12.2 52 8.3 -7.2 240 27 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.5 2.73 11 500 5808 -8.2 -19.5 40 11.3 -11.9 236 31 323.1 323.4 291.3 328.7 1.63 12 450 6618 -12.9 -33.7 16 20.8 -17.3 243 38 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.49 13 400 7505 -19.2 -41.4 12 22.3 -22.6 245 46 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.1 0.25 14 350 8484 -26.3 -45.4 15 19.1 -28.5 246 53 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.19 15 300 9577 -35.3 -47.4 28 12.1 -36.3 246 57 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 16 250 10819 -45.3 -52.1 46 6.8 -45.7 251 60 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.2 0.12 17 200 12285 -51.3 -71.9 7 20.6 -51.7 250 66 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14096 -64.6 -76.0 19 11.4 -64.7 252 55 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.8 0.01 19 100 16509 -72.1 -82.9 18 10.9 -72.1 250 28 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.19 m Freezing level: 591.40 mb = 4487.78 m = 14723.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.28 mb = 3969.66 m = 13023.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.13 mb = 1305.46 m = 4282.97 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3188.23 m = 10459.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.54 C = 94.17 F Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lifted Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 2.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 31.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4660.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.98 mb = 2050.56 m = 6727.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.9 neg: -15.9 tot: 118.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 17.66 m/s