MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 31.95,-99.89 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -99.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 490 SFC 941 579 25.9 13.3 46 12.6 17.7 195 11 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.28 3 900 968 26.8 10.8 37 16.0 16.4 201 27 309.1 310.8 293.5 336.8 9.07 4 850 1469 22.1 9.9 46 12.2 14.3 205 30 309.3 311.0 293.6 336.9 9.05 5 800 1992 17.1 9.0 59 8.1 12.0 208 30 309.4 311.1 293.6 337.1 9.05 6 750 2539 13.5 6.6 63 6.8 9.3 228 27 311.2 312.7 293.4 336.5 8.20 7 700 3117 9.6 3.3 65 6.2 6.0 243 29 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.8 6.97 8 650 3727 4.7 0.7 75 4.0 2.5 242 31 314.3 315.5 292.7 333.7 6.18 9 600 4375 0.1 -3.2 78 3.3 -1.6 245 36 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.3 5.02 10 550 5066 -4.2 -10.6 61 6.3 -6.9 251 40 319.0 319.7 291.5 329.2 3.10 11 500 5811 -9.4 -20.1 42 10.7 -12.8 260 45 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.55 12 450 6616 -15.0 -23.0 50 8.0 -17.2 262 50 324.4 324.6 291.5 329.0 1.33 13 400 7495 -21.5 -25.9 68 4.4 -22.5 262 56 327.0 327.2 292.0 331.1 1.16 14 350 8465 -28.3 -33.5 61 5.2 -29.2 262 62 330.6 330.7 292.5 332.9 0.65 15 300 9551 -36.3 -40.5 65 4.2 -36.7 261 67 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.7 0.37 16 250 10789 -46.4 -49.4 71 3.0 -46.6 253 72 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.8 0.17 17 200 12234 -56.1 -60.4 58 4.4 -56.2 258 90 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14026 -63.8 -76.9 15 13.2 -63.9 261 73 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16467 -70.0 -83.3 12 13.3 -70.1 273 36 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.61 m Freezing level: 598.94 mb = 4389.28 m = 14400.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.32 mb = 4118.20 m = 13511.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.92 mb = 2185.47 m = 7170.08 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.17 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.39 mb = 3460.36 m = 11352.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.17 C = 95.30 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 192.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.70 mb = 2826.23 m = 9272.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 589.70 mb = 4512.31 m = 14803.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.70 mb = 9788.58 m = 32114.36 ft B at Equ Level: 237.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.70 mb = 12243.44 m = 40168.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 189.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 68.47 m/s