MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.12,-94.30 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 86 26.5 20.9 72 5.5 22.5 228 7 299.0 301.9 295.4 344.7 15.67 1 1000 148 24.9 20.6 77 4.3 21.9 229 12 298.1 300.9 295.0 342.9 15.45 2 950 596 20.7 19.4 92 1.3 19.8 234 16 298.2 300.9 294.8 342.0 15.10 3 900 1063 18.9 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 249 22 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.2 12.67 4 850 1553 16.8 13.8 82 3.1 14.8 264 21 303.8 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.73 5 800 2069 14.9 7.2 60 7.7 10.3 280 17 307.1 308.6 292.1 331.3 8.00 6 750 2613 11.7 -1.4 40 13.1 4.9 292 12 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.7 4.61 7 700 3185 7.2 -8.8 31 16.0 0.2 281 8 310.5 311.0 288.6 319.4 2.81 8 650 3791 4.9 -23.1 11 28.1 -4.1 284 19 314.6 314.7 288.0 317.7 0.91 9 600 4439 1.8 -33.7 5 35.5 -7.1 280 24 318.2 318.3 288.6 319.6 0.37 10 550 5134 -2.8 -37.2 5 34.4 -10.4 281 28 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.8 0.28 11 500 5881 -7.9 -41.1 5 33.1 -14.2 277 29 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.21 12 450 6691 -13.2 -40.4 8 27.2 -18.0 277 34 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.6 0.25 13 400 7576 -19.7 -44.0 10 24.3 -23.1 292 36 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.19 14 350 8552 -26.9 -48.8 11 21.9 -29.2 294 42 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 15 300 9644 -36.0 -49.3 24 13.3 -37.0 289 51 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.3 0.14 16 250 10885 -44.9 -56.5 26 11.7 -45.3 294 66 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.07 17 200 12337 -56.3 -64.4 36 8.1 -56.5 292 73 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14117 -65.7 -75.0 26 9.3 -65.8 289 67 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16522 -74.3 -82.4 27 8.2 -74.3 274 42 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.77 m Freezing level: 580.43 mb = 4710.93 m = 15455.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.71 mb = 3211.28 m = 10535.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.38 mb = 785.40 m = 2576.74 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1354.40 m = 4443.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 22.58 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 563.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.85 mb = 864.99 m = 2837.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.85 mb = 2883.93 m = 9461.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.85 mb = 11545.88 m = 37879.72 ft B at Equ Level: 561.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.85 mb = 14283.02 m = 46859.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 303.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -2.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.7 neg: -6.9 tot: 79.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 24.86 Bulk Shear: 22.69 m/s