MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.9,-95.63 Latitude: 32.90 Longitude: -95.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 995 150 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.5 193 14 294.6 296.9 291.9 330.5 12.54 2 950 553 18.3 16.9 91 1.4 17.4 197 31 295.8 298.1 292.5 332.8 12.87 3 900 1017 18.3 11.4 64 6.9 14.0 212 40 300.4 302.1 291.2 328.2 9.44 4 850 1506 17.2 7.0 51 10.1 11.2 226 32 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.4 7.42 5 800 2021 13.7 6.9 64 6.8 9.6 249 29 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.4 7.83 6 750 2562 9.8 6.9 82 2.9 8.1 264 28 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.38 7 700 3132 6.0 2.9 81 3.0 4.3 269 26 309.1 310.4 291.7 329.9 6.76 8 650 3736 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 257 31 312.3 313.2 290.9 327.0 4.66 9 600 4379 -1.9 -7.0 68 5.0 -4.2 248 33 313.9 314.6 290.6 326.0 3.78 10 550 5065 -6.4 -15.2 49 8.9 -9.5 248 37 316.5 316.9 289.8 323.6 2.12 11 500 5805 -10.4 -20.4 44 10.0 -13.5 246 43 320.4 320.7 290.4 325.5 1.51 12 450 6608 -15.6 -26.7 38 11.0 -18.3 248 50 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.96 13 400 7484 -22.3 -31.3 44 9.0 -24.1 252 55 326.0 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.70 14 350 8450 -29.7 -34.5 63 4.8 -30.4 252 60 328.7 328.8 291.9 330.9 0.59 15 300 9531 -37.7 -43.4 55 5.7 -38.2 254 74 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.27 16 250 10762 -47.3 -54.6 43 7.3 -47.6 253 88 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.09 17 200 12204 -57.3 -64.1 42 6.7 -57.5 255 98 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13995 -63.9 -76.6 16 12.7 -64.0 253 85 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16449 -68.5 -83.5 10 15.0 -68.6 260 45 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.12 m Freezing level: 619.84 mb = 4124.19 m = 13530.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.11 mb = 3722.48 m = 12212.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.88 mb = 635.60 m = 2085.26 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.74 mb = 2171.62 m = 7124.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.60 C = 90.69 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 2.59 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.42 C K Index: 31.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 292.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.40 mb = 1051.31 m = 3449.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.40 mb = 4627.47 m = 15181.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.40 mb = 5479.43 m = 17976.91 ft B at Equ Level: 26.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.40 mb = 7275.19 m = 23868.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 276.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 76.36 m/s