MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.01,-95.79 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -95.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 1000 87 21.7 21.5 99 0.2 21.5 149 4 294.9 297.8 294.7 341.7 16.33 2 950 531 22.0 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 181 20 299.5 302.4 295.8 346.1 15.96 3 900 1000 19.9 16.3 80 3.6 17.4 190 21 302.0 304.4 294.4 340.5 13.04 4 850 1492 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 193 18 304.4 306.5 293.7 337.7 11.15 5 800 2008 14.4 12.1 86 2.3 12.9 199 18 306.5 308.5 294.3 340.0 11.15 6 750 2552 11.6 8.3 80 3.4 9.6 210 17 309.2 310.9 293.6 337.2 9.18 7 700 3129 11.2 -10.6 20 21.8 1.6 231 14 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.8 2.43 8 650 3742 6.3 -5.7 42 12.0 0.5 229 13 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.85 9 600 4392 1.3 -7.3 53 8.5 -2.7 225 11 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.5 3.69 10 550 5086 -4.0 -10.8 59 6.9 -6.8 229 14 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.4 3.05 11 500 5831 -8.8 -21.1 36 12.3 -12.6 232 22 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.42 12 450 6643 -11.3 -49.3 3 38.0 -17.0 250 25 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.10 13 400 7535 -18.1 -44.6 8 26.5 -22.0 252 28 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.18 14 350 8516 -25.8 -47.9 11 22.1 -28.2 255 34 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.14 15 300 9612 -35.2 -50.9 19 15.7 -36.3 261 41 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10854 -44.9 -58.4 21 13.5 -45.4 258 42 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.06 17 200 12320 -51.9 -71.1 8 19.1 -52.3 261 52 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14132 -64.3 -77.2 16 12.9 -64.4 248 40 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16535 -74.1 -82.9 25 8.8 -74.2 244 35 384.5 384.5 303.0 384.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.18 m Freezing level: 587.94 mb = 4559.66 m = 14959.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.51 mb = 3848.88 m = 12627.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.98 mb = 109.12 m = 357.99 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.17 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1370.08 m = 4494.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 2.43 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.43 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 17.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.97 mb = 771.74 m = 2531.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.97 mb = 4009.25 m = 13153.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.97 mb = 11431.49 m = 37504.44 ft B at Equ Level: 670.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.97 mb = 14172.55 m = 46497.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 91.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 58.65 Bulk Shear: 11.57 m/s