MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.50,-94.03 Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -94.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 85 21.9 20.7 93 1.2 21.1 242 10 295.0 297.8 294.2 339.6 15.57 1 1000 99 22.0 20.5 91 1.5 20.9 241 11 295.1 297.9 294.1 339.1 15.32 2 950 544 19.3 17.8 91 1.6 18.3 244 30 296.8 299.3 293.3 336.1 13.59 3 900 1009 16.9 15.0 89 1.9 15.7 246 35 298.9 301.1 292.8 334.0 12.02 4 850 1496 14.3 12.8 91 1.5 13.3 242 35 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.5 11.00 5 800 2007 11.8 10.7 93 1.1 11.1 237 34 303.7 305.6 292.7 333.9 10.13 6 750 2545 9.1 8.1 93 1.0 8.5 232 32 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.9 9.07 7 700 3115 5.9 5.1 95 0.8 5.5 230 32 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.2 7.90 8 650 3718 1.9 1.5 97 0.4 1.7 228 38 311.1 312.4 292.2 331.6 6.59 9 600 4359 -1.5 -2.1 96 0.6 -1.8 227 45 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.6 5.48 10 550 5047 -5.5 -6.1 96 0.6 -5.8 230 53 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.8 4.42 11 500 5787 -10.1 -10.7 95 0.7 -10.4 232 57 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.9 3.38 12 450 6589 -15.1 -15.7 95 0.6 -15.3 236 60 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.7 2.50 13 400 7467 -21.1 -21.5 97 0.4 -21.2 239 60 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.6 1.72 14 350 8438 -27.4 -27.7 97 0.4 -27.5 233 50 331.9 332.1 293.3 335.9 1.12 15 300 9528 -35.7 -36.0 97 0.3 -35.8 237 43 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.2 0.59 16 250 10765 -46.5 -46.6 99 0.1 -46.5 243 54 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.23 17 200 12206 -58.4 -58.5 99 0.1 -58.4 247 60 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 13979 -63.1 -76.8 14 13.6 -63.3 244 84 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16453 -68.0 -83.7 9 15.7 -68.1 253 41 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.30 m Freezing level: 622.23 mb = 4074.13 m = 13366.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.55 mb = 4025.06 m = 13205.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.52 mb = 234.64 m = 769.79 ft T: 21.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 6.08 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 979.33 m = 3212.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 306.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.86 mb = 737.83 m = 2420.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.86 mb = 1861.79 m = 6108.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.86 mb = 8986.80 m = 29483.91 ft B at Equ Level: 305.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.86 mb = 12724.75 m = 41747.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.3 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 263.3 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: -26.9 tot: 41.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 6.57 Bulk Shear: 46.70 m/s