MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-95.4 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 994 136 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 133 7 296.3 299.0 293.9 338.1 14.50 2 950 535 23.1 17.2 69 5.9 19.1 150 24 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.0 13.07 3 900 1004 19.6 15.5 77 4.2 16.8 163 30 301.8 304.0 293.9 338.3 12.39 4 850 1495 16.5 13.7 84 2.8 14.7 188 29 303.4 305.6 293.9 338.1 11.68 5 800 2009 13.3 11.3 88 2.0 12.0 206 27 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.0 10.58 6 750 2551 10.0 8.8 92 1.2 9.3 207 24 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.2 9.51 7 700 3122 6.7 3.8 82 2.9 5.1 207 24 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.2 7.23 8 650 3729 4.3 -2.8 60 7.1 0.7 209 24 313.8 314.7 291.5 329.0 4.80 9 600 4376 -0.2 -6.7 61 6.5 -3.2 220 27 315.9 316.6 291.2 328.3 3.85 10 550 5067 -4.1 -16.6 37 12.5 -8.6 217 34 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.6 1.89 11 500 5812 -8.6 -22.9 31 14.3 -12.8 216 42 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.7 1.21 12 450 6620 -14.3 -25.8 37 11.5 -17.3 222 43 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.9 1.04 13 400 7500 -21.2 -31.3 40 10.1 -23.2 222 47 327.5 327.6 291.7 330.0 0.70 14 350 8470 -29.0 -36.6 48 7.6 -30.0 217 50 329.7 329.8 292.1 331.5 0.48 15 300 9554 -36.4 -44.1 45 7.6 -37.1 230 67 334.0 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.25 16 250 10797 -44.4 -49.1 59 4.7 -44.7 234 67 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.17 17 200 12261 -53.6 -62.9 31 9.3 -53.8 238 71 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14066 -64.2 -75.9 19 11.7 -64.3 229 62 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16513 -67.4 -83.5 8 16.1 -67.5 225 42 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.36 m Freezing level: 602.33 mb = 4345.46 m = 14256.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3844.45 m = 12612.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.98 mb = 543.83 m = 1784.21 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.52 mb = 1712.25 m = 5617.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.56 C = 87.02 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.35 mb = 1203.58 m = 3948.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.35 mb = 2613.10 m = 8573.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.35 mb = 3674.57 m = 12055.52 ft B at Equ Level: 31.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.35 mb = 12772.00 m = 41902.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 248.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 72.03 m/s