MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.46,-93.94 Latitude: 31.46 Longitude: -93.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 1000 103 25.0 18.1 66 6.9 20.2 179 10 298.1 300.5 293.4 336.3 13.15 2 950 549 22.3 16.7 71 5.5 18.5 181 27 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.0 12.71 3 900 1017 18.4 15.4 83 3.0 16.4 188 32 300.5 302.7 293.4 336.6 12.31 4 850 1505 15.4 13.0 85 2.4 13.8 201 32 302.3 304.3 293.1 335.2 11.13 5 800 2018 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 215 30 304.5 306.3 292.9 334.5 10.03 6 750 2558 9.3 7.4 88 1.9 8.2 223 31 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.8 8.63 7 700 3128 6.6 2.4 74 4.2 4.3 225 30 309.8 311.0 291.7 329.9 6.50 8 650 3734 3.6 -2.7 64 6.2 0.4 231 32 313.0 313.9 291.2 328.3 4.83 9 600 4379 -0.8 -4.3 77 3.5 -2.5 241 38 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.0 4.65 10 550 5068 -6.0 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.3 242 42 317.0 317.7 291.2 328.3 3.48 11 500 5807 -10.9 -17.3 59 6.4 -13.0 236 45 319.7 320.1 290.7 326.4 1.97 12 450 6609 -15.9 -21.3 63 5.4 -17.4 238 52 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.6 1.54 13 400 7487 -21.3 -25.1 71 3.8 -22.2 240 59 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.7 1.24 14 350 8461 -27.2 -30.9 71 3.7 -27.9 248 70 332.1 332.3 293.1 335.2 0.83 15 300 9553 -35.0 -39.2 66 4.2 -35.5 249 73 336.1 336.1 293.7 337.7 0.43 16 250 10796 -45.3 -46.9 84 1.6 -45.4 251 69 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.6 0.22 17 200 12247 -57.2 -57.6 95 0.4 -57.2 255 55 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.5 0.08 18 150 14011 -67.8 -72.2 53 4.4 -67.9 246 69 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 19 100 16464 -66.0 -84.0 6 18.1 -66.1 263 33 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.85 m Freezing level: 609.30 mb = 4258.92 m = 13972.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.66 mb = 3825.18 m = 12549.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.74 mb = 980.90 m = 3218.13 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.71 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1610.95 m = 5285.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.76 mb = 1220.94 m = 4005.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.76 mb = 2515.97 m = 8254.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.76 mb = 8797.45 m = 28862.68 ft B at Equ Level: 328.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.76 mb = 12441.49 m = 40818.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.33 Bulk Shear: 76.22 m/s