MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-96.03 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 995 106 25.2 20.1 73 5.2 21.6 166 15 298.8 301.5 294.9 342.5 15.00 2 950 513 23.8 18.4 72 5.4 20.1 174 32 301.3 303.9 295.0 343.0 14.18 3 900 985 22.4 13.8 58 8.6 16.7 198 37 304.6 306.7 293.8 337.8 11.11 4 850 1480 19.1 11.8 63 7.2 14.4 217 38 306.1 308.0 293.6 337.1 10.29 5 800 1998 14.7 10.6 76 4.1 12.1 228 39 306.8 308.7 293.6 337.2 10.07 6 750 2541 10.1 8.1 87 2.0 8.9 234 41 307.6 309.3 293.1 335.1 9.07 7 700 3111 5.7 3.6 86 2.1 4.5 242 43 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.5 7.07 8 650 3716 4.1 -9.9 35 14.0 -1.9 250 46 313.6 314.1 289.5 322.5 2.77 9 600 4362 0.0 -15.9 29 15.9 -5.8 261 49 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.3 1.85 10 550 5053 -4.1 -21.0 25 16.9 -9.5 266 53 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.7 1.30 11 500 5798 -8.5 -29.3 17 20.9 -13.6 270 57 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.67 12 450 6605 -14.6 -33.2 19 18.6 -18.4 269 59 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.8 0.52 13 400 7484 -22.3 -34.6 32 12.2 -24.4 275 63 326.0 326.1 291.1 327.8 0.51 14 350 8447 -30.9 -41.0 37 10.1 -32.0 280 59 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.3 0.30 15 300 9523 -38.3 -45.9 44 7.6 -38.8 302 80 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.3 0.21 16 250 10752 -47.9 -51.3 68 3.4 -48.1 310 90 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.14 17 200 12187 -57.2 -62.2 53 5.0 -57.3 313 65 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 18 150 13969 -65.6 -73.0 35 7.4 -65.6 281 67 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16425 -65.4 -83.8 6 18.4 -65.5 291 46 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.79 m Freezing level: 599.44 mb = 4369.39 m = 14335.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.98 mb = 3529.95 m = 11581.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.08 mb = 764.12 m = 2506.92 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.03 mb = 1966.02 m = 6450.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.69 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1268.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.80 mb = 1361.05 m = 4465.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.80 mb = 2464.92 m = 8086.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.80 mb = 11971.50 m = 39276.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1267.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.80 mb = 14986.23 m = 49166.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 537.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 537.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.82 Bulk Rich Number: 5.24 Bulk Shear: 242.15 m/s