MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.39,-95.03 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -95.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 997 122 25.0 21.4 81 3.5 22.5 185 10 298.4 301.3 295.7 345.9 16.33 2 950 541 20.4 20.1 98 0.4 20.2 189 18 297.9 300.8 295.2 343.6 15.75 3 900 1009 19.3 16.6 85 2.6 17.5 201 25 301.4 303.8 294.5 340.6 13.34 4 850 1500 16.9 12.2 74 4.7 13.8 205 22 303.8 305.8 293.1 335.3 10.55 5 800 2015 13.6 11.5 87 2.1 12.3 209 21 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.8 10.71 6 750 2557 10.3 8.8 90 1.5 9.3 213 22 307.7 309.5 293.4 336.5 9.51 7 700 3130 9.2 -1.9 46 11.1 3.5 216 18 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.7 4.77 8 650 3741 5.2 -2.9 56 8.1 1.1 215 20 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.0 4.76 9 600 4389 0.7 -7.0 56 7.7 -2.9 215 23 316.9 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.76 10 550 5081 -4.8 -9.9 67 5.1 -7.0 225 27 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.1 3.27 11 500 5823 -9.9 -22.3 36 12.4 -13.5 229 33 321.0 321.2 290.4 325.4 1.28 12 450 6632 -12.6 -35.4 13 22.8 -17.3 241 38 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.9 0.42 13 400 7520 -18.8 -45.7 7 26.9 -22.5 240 43 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.16 14 350 8499 -26.7 -48.8 11 22.1 -29.0 246 48 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 15 300 9591 -35.5 -50.0 21 14.5 -36.6 247 56 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.13 16 250 10831 -45.4 -55.8 30 10.4 -45.9 252 60 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12301 -51.3 -70.6 8 19.3 -51.7 259 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14112 -64.1 -77.2 15 13.1 -64.2 244 52 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16534 -73.8 -82.6 25 8.8 -73.9 256 40 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.15 m Freezing level: 593.59 mb = 4477.99 m = 14691.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.78 mb = 3919.86 m = 12860.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.99 mb = 568.77 m = 1866.01 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.61 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1212.88 m = 3979.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.10 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 27.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 864.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.68 mb = 793.80 m = 2604.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.68 mb = 1933.80 m = 6344.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.68 mb = 3039.69 m = 9972.60 ft B at Equ Level: 31.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.68 mb = 14205.03 m = 46603.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 61.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 46.91 Bulk Shear: 18.42 m/s