MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.75,-94.37 Latitude: 31.75 Longitude: -94.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 998 103 21.1 20.6 97 0.4 20.8 207 6 294.4 297.2 294.0 338.7 15.50 2 950 534 24.4 17.0 64 7.4 19.4 234 19 301.9 304.3 294.3 340.1 12.94 3 900 1007 22.5 12.1 52 10.4 15.8 273 18 304.7 306.5 292.9 334.3 9.90 4 850 1501 19.4 3.7 35 15.7 10.5 295 26 306.5 307.6 290.1 324.4 5.89 5 800 2018 15.3 -3.2 28 18.5 6.1 301 29 307.4 308.1 288.5 319.1 3.76 6 750 2559 10.3 -4.6 35 14.9 3.2 299 30 307.8 308.5 288.5 319.1 3.62 7 700 3128 6.0 -8.0 36 14.0 -0.2 289 33 309.1 309.7 288.3 318.6 2.99 8 650 3730 2.4 -20.5 17 22.8 -5.1 294 32 311.7 311.9 287.3 315.5 1.15 9 600 4372 -1.7 -24.2 16 22.5 -8.2 292 35 314.2 314.3 287.8 317.2 0.90 10 550 5060 -3.8 -46.2 2 42.4 -11.3 317 47 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.11 11 500 5806 -8.7 -47.2 3 38.5 -14.9 330 60 322.4 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.11 12 450 6612 -13.7 -51.2 3 37.5 -18.7 300 46 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.08 13 400 7497 -20.5 -53.9 3 33.5 -24.0 303 52 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 14 350 8468 -28.6 -55.0 6 26.5 -30.6 309 66 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.06 15 300 9556 -35.8 -57.9 9 22.1 -37.1 275 35 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 16 250 10797 -44.2 -61.3 13 17.0 -44.9 253 54 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12273 -51.1 -71.4 7 20.4 -51.5 260 74 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14092 -62.3 -78.1 10 15.9 -62.4 259 54 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16526 -72.9 -83.2 20 10.3 -73.0 258 30 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.63 m Freezing level: 620.63 mb = 4107.01 m = 13474.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.34 mb = 3100.81 m = 10173.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.23 % Est. max temperature: 33.18 C = 91.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.90 mb = 156.16 m = 512.34 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.58 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.08 mb = 2186.55 m = 7173.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.21 C = 93.58 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: 5.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.10 C Cross Totals Index: 12.42 C K Index: 17.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.35 mb = 1386.27 m = 4548.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.35 mb = 2823.54 m = 9263.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.35 mb = 10114.62 m = 33184.06 ft B at Equ Level: 425.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.35 mb = 12389.01 m = 40645.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.2 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 332.2 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: -3.0 tot: 220.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 3.12 Bulk Shear: 138.14 m/s