MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.02,-94.69 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 993 122 23.8 21.5 87 2.3 22.2 189 5 297.5 300.5 295.6 345.2 16.46 2 950 514 24.3 18.7 71 5.6 20.4 216 16 301.9 304.5 295.4 344.5 14.46 3 900 986 21.6 16.6 73 5.0 18.2 240 23 303.8 306.2 295.1 343.3 13.31 4 850 1481 18.5 14.3 77 4.2 15.7 249 30 305.5 307.8 294.8 342.0 12.16 5 800 1998 14.7 12.2 85 2.6 13.1 249 33 306.9 309.0 294.5 340.6 11.20 6 750 2542 10.6 10.4 98 0.2 10.5 247 35 308.1 310.1 294.4 340.4 10.63 7 700 3115 7.1 6.6 96 0.5 6.8 248 37 310.4 312.0 293.6 337.2 8.75 8 650 3723 3.7 0.9 82 2.8 2.2 253 41 313.1 314.3 292.5 332.8 6.30 9 600 4367 -1.6 -6.9 67 5.3 -4.0 254 41 314.3 315.0 290.7 326.5 3.81 10 550 5055 -4.8 -24.0 21 19.2 -10.4 250 39 318.4 318.6 289.3 321.8 1.00 11 500 5799 -8.9 -30.5 16 21.6 -14.0 260 43 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.3 0.61 12 450 6606 -14.0 -38.1 11 24.1 -18.4 259 50 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.32 13 400 7490 -19.6 -42.5 11 22.9 -22.9 257 55 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.5 0.23 14 350 8467 -26.9 -48.7 11 21.8 -29.1 267 49 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 15 300 9561 -34.3 -50.9 17 16.6 -35.6 258 53 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.12 16 250 10819 -40.8 -58.5 13 17.7 -41.6 260 64 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 17 200 12305 -51.1 -71.1 7 20.0 -51.5 263 69 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14115 -64.7 -75.9 20 11.2 -64.7 260 59 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16532 -71.3 -83.1 16 11.8 -71.3 275 30 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.21 m Freezing level: 614.86 mb = 4175.23 m = 13698.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.22 mb = 3945.74 m = 12945.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.01 mb = 412.46 m = 1353.20 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 23.38 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.14 mb = 1754.84 m = 5757.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.51 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: -3.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 41.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1001.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.94 mb = 1181.19 m = 3875.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.94 mb = 2266.32 m = 7435.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.94 mb = 10418.57 m = 34181.23 ft B at Equ Level: 999.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.94 mb = 14746.01 m = 48378.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 181.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.25 Bulk Shear: 89.08 m/s