MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.14,-94.61 Latitude: 31.14 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 83 21.5 19.5 89 2.0 20.2 192 7 294.3 296.9 293.2 335.3 14.37 1 1000 120 21.8 19.4 86 2.4 20.2 194 11 295.0 297.5 293.3 336.1 14.35 2 950 566 20.6 17.9 84 2.7 18.8 209 31 298.1 300.6 293.8 338.0 13.73 3 900 1035 21.5 14.3 63 7.2 16.7 231 28 303.7 305.8 293.7 337.8 11.45 4 850 1530 20.0 10.4 54 9.6 13.9 262 22 307.1 308.9 293.2 335.5 9.37 5 800 2050 17.1 5.2 45 11.9 10.1 296 17 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.7 6.94 6 750 2596 12.8 -1.8 36 14.6 5.2 315 17 310.5 311.3 290.1 324.5 4.47 7 700 3171 8.8 -11.6 22 20.5 0.3 297 15 312.3 312.7 288.6 319.5 2.24 8 650 3780 6.3 -27.5 7 33.8 -3.8 261 20 316.1 316.2 288.2 318.2 0.62 9 600 4431 2.7 -34.4 4 37.1 -6.7 256 26 319.2 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.34 10 550 5128 -1.7 -40.2 3 38.5 -9.9 266 28 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.21 11 500 5879 -6.6 -44.1 3 37.5 -13.5 279 32 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.15 12 450 6692 -12.7 -44.3 5 31.6 -17.8 285 36 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.17 13 400 7578 -19.6 -40.1 14 20.5 -22.8 286 40 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.6 0.29 14 350 8553 -27.0 -41.3 24 14.4 -28.8 279 46 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.29 15 300 9650 -34.5 -37.6 73 3.1 -34.9 283 47 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.50 16 250 10897 -44.4 -45.8 86 1.4 -44.5 290 60 340.0 340.1 294.6 341.0 0.25 17 200 12353 -55.9 -59.3 65 3.5 -55.9 291 64 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06 18 150 14129 -66.8 -73.9 36 7.1 -66.9 285 57 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16523 -75.7 -82.7 33 7.0 -75.7 272 37 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.47 m Freezing level: 569.27 mb = 4859.35 m = 15942.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.90 mb = 3207.21 m = 10522.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.48 % Est. max temperature: 34.04 C = 93.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.13 mb = 329.93 m = 1082.43 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.76 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.31 mb = 2414.39 m = 7921.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.33 C = 99.19 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 16.62 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 557.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.72 mb = 989.29 m = 3245.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 429.72 mb = 7038.45 m = 23091.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.72 mb = 8977.79 m = 29454.35 ft B at Equ Level: 58.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 269.72 mb = 10377.66 m = 34047.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -67.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 233.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 60.62 m/s