MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.57,-94.90 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 995 117 27.6 21.6 70 6.0 23.2 212 12 301.1 304.1 296.5 349.6 16.50 2 950 527 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.2 209 20 300.6 303.3 295.3 343.8 14.72 3 900 996 18.9 17.9 94 1.1 18.2 207 21 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.6 14.48 4 850 1486 16.2 15.4 95 0.7 15.7 209 23 303.1 305.5 294.8 341.9 13.09 5 800 2002 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 216 28 305.9 308.0 294.4 340.3 11.47 6 750 2544 10.7 9.2 91 1.5 9.8 219 31 308.2 310.1 293.8 338.0 9.81 7 700 3117 7.3 4.2 80 3.2 5.5 219 33 310.6 312.0 292.6 333.3 7.38 8 650 3723 3.6 -2.0 67 5.6 0.8 218 35 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.10 9 600 4369 -0.6 -4.1 77 3.5 -2.3 217 37 315.4 316.3 291.8 330.4 4.70 10 550 5059 -5.3 -7.4 85 2.1 -6.2 216 39 317.8 318.5 291.9 330.7 3.99 11 500 5800 -9.8 -14.4 69 4.6 -11.5 222 42 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.5 2.51 12 450 6609 -12.7 -25.9 32 13.1 -16.2 230 50 327.2 327.4 292.0 330.9 1.03 13 400 7498 -18.5 -31.1 32 12.6 -21.2 239 58 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.72 14 350 8478 -26.3 -35.1 43 8.9 -27.7 247 64 333.3 333.5 293.2 335.4 0.55 15 300 9572 -35.3 -40.9 57 5.6 -35.9 247 68 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.0 0.36 16 250 10819 -42.9 -50.0 45 7.1 -43.3 252 70 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.9 0.16 17 200 12295 -51.4 -68.1 12 16.7 -51.8 259 72 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14109 -63.5 -77.5 13 14.0 -63.6 253 58 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16522 -72.9 -82.7 21 9.8 -72.9 256 37 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.20 m Freezing level: 606.95 mb = 4279.00 m = 14038.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3880.99 m = 12732.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.13 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.33 mb = 878.17 m = 2881.09 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.70 mb = 1114.36 m = 3655.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.24 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1094.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.50 mb = 1029.74 m = 3378.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.50 mb = 1272.20 m = 4173.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.50 mb = 11327.37 m = 37162.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1083.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.50 mb = 14892.44 m = 48859.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 36.21 Bulk Shear: 30.22 m/s