MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 70 SFC 998 87 30.9 21.5 57 9.4 24.0 198 9 304.3 307.3 297.3 353.0 16.38 2 950 526 25.7 19.3 68 6.4 21.2 198 16 303.3 306.0 296.1 347.8 15.03 3 900 1000 21.3 18.3 83 3.0 19.2 200 17 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.5 14.85 4 850 1493 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 201 18 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.9 14.64 5 800 2010 14.9 13.0 88 1.9 13.7 209 22 307.1 309.3 295.0 342.8 11.87 6 750 2556 12.5 8.2 75 4.3 9.8 215 24 310.1 311.8 293.9 338.1 9.14 7 700 3132 9.7 -1.9 44 11.6 3.7 227 24 313.3 314.2 291.2 328.3 4.77 8 650 3743 5.6 -3.3 53 8.9 1.1 228 26 315.3 316.2 291.7 330.0 4.60 9 600 4392 0.8 -6.0 60 6.8 -2.4 224 28 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.1 4.07 10 550 5084 -4.5 -11.0 60 6.5 -7.2 231 31 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.6 3.00 11 500 5829 -7.1 -30.3 14 23.2 -12.9 240 34 324.3 324.5 290.7 326.6 0.61 12 450 6644 -11.5 -36.3 11 24.8 -16.6 248 43 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.38 13 400 7535 -18.1 -41.0 12 22.9 -21.8 249 49 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.26 14 350 8517 -25.9 -44.5 16 18.6 -28.1 255 55 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.21 15 300 9613 -34.7 -49.4 21 14.8 -35.8 253 58 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 16 250 10861 -42.8 -56.7 20 13.9 -43.5 260 60 342.4 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.07 17 200 12338 -51.8 -65.5 18 13.7 -52.1 267 58 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.03 18 150 14142 -65.5 -74.6 27 9.0 -65.6 252 48 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16550 -76.1 -81.9 39 5.8 -76.2 265 33 380.7 380.7 302.3 380.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.28 m Freezing level: 592.80 mb = 4491.61 m = 14736.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.72 mb = 3935.80 m = 12912.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.83 mb = 1284.02 m = 4212.62 ft T: 18.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 19.55 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.79 mb = 1404.23 m = 4606.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.45 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 379.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1340.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.13 mb = 1330.78 m = 4366.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.13 mb = 1481.59 m = 4860.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.13 mb = 11979.84 m = 39303.46 ft B at Equ Level: 1335.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 79.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 53.17 Bulk Shear: 25.21 m/s