MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 82 SFC 999 87 20.9 19.6 92 1.3 20.0 142 5 294.1 296.7 293.2 335.4 14.47 2 950 531 24.5 16.2 60 8.3 18.9 233 12 302.1 304.4 293.9 338.5 12.31 3 900 1004 22.2 15.0 64 7.2 17.3 261 22 304.3 306.6 294.3 340.1 11.99 4 850 1499 18.6 13.4 72 5.2 15.2 275 25 305.6 307.8 294.3 340.1 11.48 5 800 2016 14.6 11.6 82 3.0 12.7 284 28 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.2 10.78 6 750 2559 10.9 9.3 90 1.7 9.9 284 31 308.4 310.3 293.9 338.3 9.83 7 700 3132 7.1 5.0 87 2.1 5.9 280 33 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.5 7.85 8 650 3739 5.1 -5.0 48 10.0 0.2 277 35 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.7 4.07 9 600 4388 1.1 -12.6 35 13.8 -4.4 276 37 317.4 317.9 290.4 325.4 2.41 10 550 5081 -3.9 -22.4 22 18.5 -9.6 278 40 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.4 1.15 11 500 5827 -7.1 -29.6 15 22.6 -12.8 281 52 324.4 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.65 12 450 6641 -11.6 -35.1 12 23.5 -16.6 279 55 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.43 13 400 7531 -18.8 -45.0 8 26.2 -22.5 291 46 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.2 0.17 14 350 8509 -26.4 -46.1 14 19.7 -28.6 286 32 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 15 300 9608 -32.8 -46.6 24 13.7 -34.1 256 35 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.19 16 250 10871 -39.9 -59.6 10 19.7 -40.9 257 48 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 17 200 12356 -52.4 -68.1 13 15.7 -52.8 256 49 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14150 -66.9 -73.0 42 6.1 -66.9 251 44 354.9 354.9 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16549 -71.0 -82.9 16 11.9 -71.1 273 27 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.92 m Freezing level: 588.76 mb = 4543.57 m = 14906.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.89 mb = 3765.66 m = 12354.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.67 % Est. max temperature: 32.46 C = 90.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.42 mb = 255.20 m = 837.27 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 16.65 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.53 mb = 2116.43 m = 6943.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.83 C = 92.90 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 225.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.35 mb = 1353.62 m = 4440.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 579.35 mb = 4666.65 m = 15310.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.35 mb = 5682.04 m = 18641.63 ft B at Equ Level: 51.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.35 mb = 9389.06 m = 30803.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.1 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 307.1 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.8 neg: -2.0 tot: 196.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 111.65 m/s