MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.68,-95.08 Latitude: 31.68 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 996 109 20.5 18.6 89 1.9 19.2 176 8 294.0 296.5 292.6 333.1 13.70 2 950 519 20.2 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 200 24 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.0 13.20 3 900 986 19.3 12.6 65 6.7 15.0 237 28 301.4 303.2 292.1 331.5 10.22 4 850 1475 15.5 8.7 64 6.8 11.3 252 30 302.4 303.9 290.9 327.1 8.31 5 800 1986 11.6 3.3 57 8.2 7.1 262 33 303.5 304.6 289.3 321.8 6.08 6 750 2522 7.3 -2.8 49 10.1 2.4 265 34 304.5 305.2 287.8 317.2 4.14 7 700 3085 3.9 -6.8 46 10.7 -0.8 250 35 306.8 307.4 287.8 317.1 3.29 8 650 3685 1.6 -16.0 26 17.5 -4.7 231 46 310.7 311.1 287.5 316.3 1.69 9 600 4324 -2.3 -18.8 27 16.5 -7.8 232 54 313.4 313.7 288.2 318.2 1.44 10 550 5010 -6.4 -22.7 26 16.3 -11.2 239 64 316.4 316.7 288.8 320.3 1.12 11 500 5746 -12.1 -29.1 23 17.1 -16.0 245 70 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.7 0.69 12 450 6544 -16.8 -35.1 19 18.3 -20.2 243 78 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.6 0.43 13 400 7417 -23.5 -40.6 19 17.1 -25.8 245 80 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.28 14 350 8379 -30.4 -45.1 23 14.7 -31.9 255 93 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 15 300 9454 -39.2 -50.1 31 10.8 -39.9 249 96 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 16 250 10682 -46.2 -56.7 29 10.6 -46.6 233 100 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12140 -52.5 -69.4 11 16.9 -52.8 251 93 349.6 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13973 -58.8 -78.5 6 19.8 -59.0 251 59 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16471 -65.2 -83.5 6 18.3 -65.3 265 37 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.06 m Freezing level: 629.83 mb = 3942.80 m = 12935.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.65 mb = 2939.03 m = 9642.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.02 mb = 347.06 m = 1138.64 ft T: 20.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 19.72 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1617.88 m = 5307.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 25.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.25 mb = 1041.31 m = 3416.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.25 mb = 2204.29 m = 7231.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.25 mb = 9937.06 m = 32601.51 ft B at Equ Level: 561.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.25 mb = 12492.16 m = 40984.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 228.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 3.78 Bulk Shear: 148.74 m/s