MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 87 26.9 22.7 78 4.2 23.9 177 9 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.7 17.65 1 1000 91 26.3 22.4 79 3.9 23.5 176 9 299.5 302.6 296.7 350.2 17.35 2 950 541 22.0 20.9 94 1.0 21.3 181 16 299.5 302.5 296.2 348.2 16.65 3 900 1010 19.6 17.8 89 1.9 18.4 193 20 301.8 304.4 295.3 344.2 14.38 4 850 1502 17.2 15.3 89 1.9 15.9 197 19 304.2 306.6 295.0 342.8 12.96 5 800 2019 14.9 12.3 84 2.6 13.1 198 19 307.0 309.1 294.6 341.0 11.28 6 750 2564 11.9 9.1 83 2.9 10.1 207 19 309.5 311.3 294.1 339.1 9.69 7 700 3141 11.1 -8.0 25 19.1 2.2 225 20 314.7 315.3 290.1 324.4 2.98 8 650 3754 6.3 -5.1 44 11.4 0.7 222 18 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.0 4.03 9 600 4404 1.5 -8.2 49 9.6 -2.9 219 18 317.8 318.5 291.5 329.0 3.44 10 550 5098 -4.0 -12.0 54 8.0 -7.2 232 24 319.3 319.8 291.3 328.4 2.76 11 500 5843 -8.0 -29.4 16 21.3 -13.4 243 30 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.7 0.67 12 450 6656 -11.9 -39.1 8 27.2 -17.0 250 35 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.29 13 400 7546 -18.4 -45.2 8 26.8 -22.2 243 38 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.17 14 350 8526 -26.1 -48.7 10 22.6 -28.5 250 42 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 15 300 9622 -34.9 -51.0 18 16.1 -36.1 251 47 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.12 16 250 10865 -44.5 -57.6 22 13.1 -45.1 259 49 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.06 17 200 12335 -51.5 -71.0 8 19.5 -51.8 262 54 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14143 -65.1 -76.0 21 10.9 -65.1 250 45 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16552 -74.4 -82.6 27 8.3 -74.4 255 36 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.34 m Freezing level: 586.77 mb = 4587.93 m = 15052.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3879.30 m = 12727.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.72 mb = 617.10 m = 2024.57 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 27.36 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.15 mb = 989.57 m = 3246.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.54 C = 83.38 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 21.40 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1239.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.44 mb = 787.18 m = 2582.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.44 mb = 1618.80 m = 5310.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.44 mb = 2807.79 m = 9211.78 ft B at Equ Level: 18.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.44 mb = 15546.60 m = 51005.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -0.1 tot: 71.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 59.40 Bulk Shear: 20.87 m/s