MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.33,-93.49 Latitude: 31.33 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 29.0 19.7 57 9.3 22.5 280 6 301.6 304.3 295.4 344.4 14.52 1 1000 139 27.9 19.1 59 8.8 21.7 278 9 301.1 303.6 294.8 342.3 14.03 2 950 592 23.4 18.0 72 5.4 19.7 271 11 301.0 303.5 294.7 341.6 13.83 3 900 1061 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.7 265 12 301.1 303.6 294.7 341.4 13.73 4 850 1551 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 262 13 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.15 5 800 2065 12.8 12.0 95 0.8 12.3 263 17 304.8 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.10 6 750 2606 10.7 3.2 60 7.5 6.5 249 16 308.2 309.4 291.1 327.9 6.42 7 700 3177 6.9 -6.0 39 12.9 1.0 257 17 310.2 310.8 289.1 321.2 3.50 8 650 3782 4.0 -17.5 19 21.5 -3.7 278 22 313.5 313.7 288.2 318.4 1.48 9 600 4428 1.3 -24.5 13 25.7 -6.6 279 26 317.6 317.7 288.9 320.6 0.88 10 550 5123 -2.7 -29.3 11 26.7 -9.8 280 30 320.9 321.0 289.7 323.1 0.61 11 500 5871 -7.7 -30.7 14 23.1 -13.3 288 32 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.8 0.59 12 450 6680 -13.6 -35.4 14 21.8 -17.9 292 33 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.7 0.42 13 400 7564 -20.0 -41.2 13 21.2 -23.2 299 32 328.9 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.26 14 350 8538 -28.0 -45.9 16 17.9 -29.9 297 34 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.18 15 300 9624 -36.8 -50.6 23 13.8 -37.8 292 41 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10862 -45.3 -56.6 27 11.4 -45.7 297 63 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 17 200 12314 -56.0 -63.0 41 7.0 -56.1 296 73 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14093 -66.3 -73.6 35 7.3 -66.4 298 66 355.9 355.9 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16504 -73.1 -82.7 22 9.6 -73.1 279 45 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.25 m Freezing level: 583.99 mb = 4650.60 m = 15257.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.79 mb = 3296.56 m = 10815.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.85 mb = 1255.26 m = 4118.24 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 23.06 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.87 mb = 1412.26 m = 4633.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 25.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.12 mb = 1272.10 m = 4173.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.12 mb = 1619.70 m = 5313.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.12 mb = 11602.49 m = 38065.46 ft B at Equ Level: 760.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.12 mb = 14802.83 m = 48565.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.0 neg: -9.5 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 53.84 Bulk Shear: 14.17 m/s