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,-95.79 Latitude: 32.83 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 78 SFC 992 151 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.4 195 17 296.6 298.7 291.9 330.6 11.77 2 950 521 18.6 15.3 81 3.3 16.5 200 28 296.1 298.2 291.6 329.6 11.61 3 900 983 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 206 31 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.4 11.66 4 850 1466 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 226 35 298.8 300.7 291.3 328.4 10.13 5 800 1973 11.2 0.9 49 10.3 5.8 232 34 303.1 304.0 288.2 318.5 5.09 6 750 2510 9.8 -8.6 26 18.4 1.8 232 40 307.3 307.8 287.3 315.7 2.66 7 700 3079 6.7 -14.9 20 21.6 -1.5 229 44 309.9 310.3 287.3 315.5 1.71 8 650 3682 2.2 -17.7 21 19.9 -4.7 225 48 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.4 1.47 9 600 4322 -2.8 -25.0 16 22.2 -9.0 226 51 312.9 313.1 287.3 315.8 0.84 10 550 5005 -6.9 -37.6 7 30.7 -12.9 231 55 315.9 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.27 11 500 5742 -11.7 -37.2 10 25.5 -16.4 236 65 318.8 318.8 288.7 319.9 0.31 12 450 6540 -16.9 -41.1 10 24.1 -20.7 233 71 321.9 322.0 289.6 322.8 0.23 13 400 7413 -23.4 -44.0 13 20.6 -25.9 231 76 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.19 14 350 8376 -30.1 -49.7 13 19.6 -31.8 234 84 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.12 15 300 9452 -39.4 -52.5 24 13.0 -40.2 245 84 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.10 16 250 10672 -49.1 -57.1 38 8.1 -49.3 231 80 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.4 0.07 17 200 12112 -54.8 -67.0 21 12.3 -55.0 243 93 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 13941 -58.5 -78.7 6 20.2 -58.7 243 55 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16458 -63.1 -83.8 4 20.7 -63.3 234 27 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.18 m Freezing level: 627.54 mb = 3969.66 m = 13023.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.91 mb = 2813.52 m = 9230.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.19 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.93 mb = 974.20 m = 3196.17 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1041.92 m = 3418.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.13 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.37 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 13.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 322.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.24 mb = 971.31 m = 3186.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.24 mb = 1305.97 m = 4284.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.24 mb = 1602.33 m = 5256.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.24 mb = 1804.82 m = 5921.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.2 neg: -0.1 tot: 202.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 92.75 m/s