MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.85,-95.23 Latitude: 31.85 Longitude: -95.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 996 125 25.5 21.4 78 4.1 22.6 179 11 299.0 301.9 295.8 346.4 16.29 2 950 541 20.7 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 182 18 298.2 301.2 295.5 345.0 16.10 3 900 1008 18.8 17.5 92 1.3 17.9 196 25 300.9 303.4 294.8 342.3 14.10 4 850 1499 16.9 13.6 81 3.3 14.7 203 23 303.8 306.0 293.9 338.3 11.58 5 800 2014 14.2 11.5 84 2.7 12.4 205 22 306.3 308.3 293.9 338.4 10.69 6 750 2558 11.5 7.8 78 3.7 9.3 211 23 309.1 310.8 293.4 336.3 8.91 7 700 3133 10.0 -8.2 27 18.2 1.7 218 22 313.6 314.1 289.7 323.1 2.94 8 650 3745 6.0 -7.9 36 13.9 -0.3 216 22 315.8 316.4 290.6 326.3 3.24 9 600 4394 1.0 -7.4 53 8.4 -2.9 212 22 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.1 3.65 10 550 5087 -4.2 -10.7 61 6.4 -6.9 225 25 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.08 11 500 5831 -9.3 -21.2 38 11.8 -13.0 233 32 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.5 1.41 12 450 6640 -12.5 -28.4 25 15.9 -16.5 243 36 327.5 327.6 291.8 330.4 0.81 13 400 7529 -18.5 -44.3 8 25.7 -22.2 242 41 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.19 14 350 8509 -26.3 -49.2 10 22.9 -28.7 248 46 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 15 300 9603 -35.2 -50.3 20 15.0 -36.4 249 53 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.2 0.13 16 250 10845 -45.0 -56.8 25 11.8 -45.4 255 56 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 17 200 12315 -51.4 -70.7 8 19.3 -51.8 263 63 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14125 -64.4 -77.0 16 12.6 -64.6 247 47 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16541 -73.7 -82.8 24 9.0 -73.8 260 39 385.2 385.2 303.1 385.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.14 m Freezing level: 590.28 mb = 4528.91 m = 14858.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.21 mb = 3641.30 m = 11946.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.63 mb = 644.95 m = 2115.96 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 903.71 m = 2964.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 21.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.93 mb = 762.66 m = 2502.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.93 mb = 2217.69 m = 7275.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 740.93 mb = 2659.48 m = 8725.23 ft B at Equ Level: 11.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 690.93 mb = 3241.07 m = 10633.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 39.81 Bulk Shear: 22.73 m/s