MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 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 56 SFC 996 87 26.6 21.1 72 5.5 22.6 128 4 300.0 302.9 295.9 346.8 15.99 2 950 512 27.2 19.0 61 8.2 21.3 192 9 304.7 307.5 296.3 348.6 14.70 3 900 988 23.4 17.4 69 6.0 19.2 215 12 305.6 308.2 296.1 347.6 14.03 4 850 1485 19.7 14.5 72 5.1 16.2 236 17 306.7 309.0 295.3 343.8 12.33 5 800 2005 15.6 12.5 82 3.1 13.6 244 22 307.8 310.0 294.9 342.5 11.47 6 750 2550 12.4 8.3 76 4.1 9.9 259 27 310.0 311.8 293.9 338.2 9.21 7 700 3126 9.4 0.7 55 8.7 4.6 265 32 312.9 314.0 292.0 331.0 5.77 8 650 3736 4.8 -5.3 48 10.0 -0.0 268 31 314.4 315.1 290.9 327.1 3.98 9 600 4383 0.5 -18.7 22 19.2 -6.1 264 29 316.7 317.0 289.2 321.6 1.45 10 550 5076 -2.9 -31.1 9 28.2 -10.1 273 34 320.7 320.8 289.5 322.5 0.52 11 500 5823 -8.1 -33.1 11 25.1 -13.7 281 41 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.47 12 450 6632 -13.7 -37.2 12 23.4 -18.1 275 47 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.35 13 400 7516 -19.6 -39.3 16 19.7 -22.8 271 49 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.32 14 350 8493 -27.1 -42.2 23 15.1 -29.0 270 56 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.27 15 300 9587 -33.4 -44.8 31 11.4 -34.6 261 69 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.23 16 250 10850 -39.5 -60.1 9 20.6 -40.5 269 65 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 17 200 12338 -51.9 -68.9 11 17.1 -52.2 268 60 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14140 -64.8 -75.0 23 10.2 -64.9 254 50 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16546 -73.3 -82.7 23 9.4 -73.3 263 32 386.1 386.1 303.2 386.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.38 m Freezing level: 592.41 mb = 4488.04 m = 14724.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.41 mb = 3730.73 m = 12239.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.21 % Est. max temperature: 33.36 C = 92.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.13 mb = 793.17 m = 2602.23 ft T: 24.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 26.97 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.62 mb = 1881.00 m = 6171.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 84.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.75 mb = 1436.39 m = 4712.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.75 mb = 2440.94 m = 8008.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.75 mb = 10856.80 m = 35618.98 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.75 mb = 15476.65 m = 50775.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 92.51 m/s