MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F291.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F291.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 291 hour GFS valid 9Z THU 30 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-95.32 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -95.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 121 18.0 17.6 97 0.4 17.8 121 5 290.8 293.0 290.7 326.5 12.69 1 1000 164 17.8 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 120 7 291.0 293.2 290.6 326.2 12.49 2 950 603 16.0 14.2 89 1.8 14.8 163 13 293.4 295.3 290.0 324.1 10.74 3 900 1061 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.8 194 12 296.0 297.7 290.1 324.4 9.85 4 850 1543 11.4 9.6 88 1.8 10.3 207 14 298.1 299.7 290.0 324.0 8.86 5 800 2048 9.0 7.3 89 1.8 8.0 201 20 300.8 302.3 290.1 324.5 8.03 6 750 2581 6.2 4.1 87 2.0 5.1 199 24 303.3 304.5 289.9 323.9 6.88 7 700 3144 3.2 1.4 88 1.7 2.2 204 23 306.0 307.1 290.1 324.4 6.06 8 650 3742 -0.4 -1.7 91 1.3 -1.0 216 28 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.6 5.20 9 600 4379 -4.0 -5.0 92 1.1 -4.4 215 36 311.5 312.4 290.4 325.4 4.39 10 550 5061 -7.6 -8.5 93 0.9 -7.9 202 42 315.1 315.8 290.8 326.9 3.67 11 500 5798 -11.7 -12.3 95 0.6 -11.9 198 44 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.6 2.97 12 450 6597 -17.1 -20.9 72 3.9 -18.1 203 43 321.8 322.1 290.9 327.3 1.60 13 400 7469 -23.7 -31.4 49 7.7 -25.1 214 52 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.69 14 350 8430 -31.2 -40.3 40 9.1 -32.2 216 58 326.7 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.33 15 300 9506 -37.6 -54.9 15 17.3 -38.6 222 79 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.07 16 250 10750 -42.8 -64.0 8 21.3 -43.6 226 96 342.4 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.03 17 200 12224 -52.0 -70.6 9 18.6 -52.4 228 97 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14046 -61.2 -78.1 9 17.0 -61.3 227 74 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16510 -68.7 -83.0 11 14.4 -68.8 230 39 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.71 m Freezing level: 655.46 mb = 3676.48 m = 12061.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.77 mb = 3548.38 m = 11641.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.43 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.70 mb = 175.36 m = 575.32 ft T: 17.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.42 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 1127.50 m = 3699.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.53 C = 74.36 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 2.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.28 C K Index: 30.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6769.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.59 mb = 750.41 m = 2461.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.9 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 232.9 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.4 neg: -4.3 tot: 85.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 68.15 m/s