MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-95.53 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -95.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 992 148 21.5 15.9 70 5.6 17.8 188 13 295.3 297.4 291.3 328.4 11.50 2 950 524 18.3 15.0 81 3.3 16.1 192 26 295.8 297.8 291.3 328.4 11.34 3 900 985 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 201 32 296.5 298.6 291.7 329.8 11.54 4 850 1468 12.7 11.7 94 0.9 12.1 229 38 299.4 301.3 291.5 329.4 10.24 5 800 1976 10.4 5.9 74 4.5 7.8 228 35 302.2 303.5 289.9 323.9 7.28 6 750 2512 9.5 -3.0 41 12.5 3.4 227 39 306.9 307.7 288.6 319.6 4.08 7 700 3082 7.0 -8.1 33 15.1 0.3 225 45 310.2 310.8 288.6 319.7 2.96 8 650 3686 2.4 -12.2 33 14.7 -3.4 221 47 311.7 312.2 288.5 319.2 2.30 9 600 4326 -2.7 -17.9 30 15.2 -7.8 224 51 313.0 313.3 288.1 318.1 1.56 10 550 5010 -6.8 -39.6 5 32.9 -13.0 231 53 316.1 316.1 287.7 316.9 0.22 11 500 5747 -11.3 -37.4 10 26.1 -16.2 238 63 319.3 319.3 288.9 320.4 0.31 12 450 6547 -16.7 -41.0 10 24.3 -20.4 233 69 322.3 322.3 289.7 323.2 0.24 13 400 7420 -23.2 -44.8 12 21.7 -25.8 230 72 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.18 14 350 8385 -29.7 -50.5 11 20.9 -31.4 233 82 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.11 15 300 9462 -39.3 -52.0 25 12.8 -40.0 244 80 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.10 16 250 10682 -49.1 -57.1 39 7.9 -49.4 231 76 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.07 17 200 12120 -55.6 -66.2 26 10.6 -55.8 241 93 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.03 18 150 13943 -59.3 -78.5 7 19.3 -59.5 242 58 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16459 -63.8 -83.7 5 19.9 -64.0 232 33 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.47 m Freezing level: 626.41 mb = 3987.92 m = 13083.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.80 mb = 3131.15 m = 10272.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.30 mb = 859.84 m = 2820.97 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1125.59 m = 3692.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.40 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 20.59 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5494.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.82 mb = 948.87 m = 3113.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 33.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.3 neg: -9.1 tot: 264.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 112.31 m/s