MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 57 SFC 997 87 30.7 21.7 59 9.0 24.1 204 8 304.1 307.2 297.4 353.6 16.60 2 950 514 26.3 19.3 65 7.0 21.3 219 13 303.9 306.7 296.3 348.6 15.03 3 900 988 22.1 18.0 78 4.1 19.2 229 14 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.7 14.59 4 850 1483 18.4 16.1 87 2.2 16.8 239 17 305.4 307.9 295.8 346.4 13.70 5 800 2001 14.8 13.4 91 1.4 13.8 240 19 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.4 12.13 6 750 2545 11.7 8.5 81 3.1 9.7 237 21 309.2 311.0 293.7 337.7 9.34 7 700 3122 9.6 1.3 56 8.3 5.0 240 24 313.1 314.2 292.2 331.9 6.00 8 650 3733 5.4 -2.1 58 7.5 1.5 244 29 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.2 5.06 9 600 4382 0.7 -6.7 58 7.4 -2.7 243 34 316.9 317.7 291.5 329.4 3.86 10 550 5074 -4.0 -17.4 34 13.4 -8.7 246 37 319.3 319.7 290.3 325.3 1.77 11 500 5819 -8.8 -32.4 13 23.6 -14.2 256 42 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.2 0.50 12 450 6627 -12.8 -38.7 10 25.8 -17.6 251 49 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.30 13 400 7516 -18.4 -39.8 13 21.4 -21.9 251 54 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.30 14 350 8497 -25.6 -46.0 13 20.3 -28.0 254 62 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 15 300 9593 -34.9 -50.7 19 15.8 -36.1 255 65 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.12 16 250 10848 -41.0 -61.7 9 20.7 -41.9 262 64 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.04 17 200 12332 -51.6 -68.3 12 16.7 -52.0 269 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14135 -65.4 -74.6 27 9.2 -65.5 254 48 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16532 -74.8 -82.5 29 7.6 -74.9 259 36 383.2 383.2 302.8 383.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.40 m Freezing level: 592.46 mb = 4485.98 m = 14717.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.96 mb = 3960.80 m = 12994.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.06 mb = 1231.64 m = 4040.76 ft T: 20.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 29.42 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1593.91 m = 5229.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1431.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.23 mb = 1389.73 m = 4559.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.23 mb = 1850.61 m = 6071.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 214.23 mb = 11874.58 m = 38958.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1426.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 36.01 Bulk Shear: 39.76 m/s