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: 31.74,-94.21 Latitude: 31.74 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 999 99 23.2 18.8 76 4.4 20.2 191 6 296.4 298.9 293.4 336.2 13.80 2 950 540 21.4 16.9 75 4.5 18.4 192 22 298.9 301.3 293.4 336.4 12.85 3 900 1007 18.3 15.4 83 2.9 16.4 197 28 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.5 12.32 4 850 1496 15.4 13.2 87 2.2 14.0 209 28 302.3 304.4 293.2 335.7 11.28 5 800 2008 12.3 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 219 29 304.3 306.1 292.8 334.1 10.00 6 750 2547 9.2 7.2 87 2.0 8.0 224 30 306.5 308.1 292.3 332.3 8.52 7 700 3117 6.3 3.4 82 2.9 4.7 229 31 309.5 310.8 292.0 331.0 7.01 8 650 3721 2.5 -0.3 81 2.8 1.0 231 34 311.8 312.9 291.7 329.8 5.76 9 600 4365 -1.2 -3.0 87 1.8 -2.1 234 39 314.7 315.7 292.0 330.9 5.10 10 550 5053 -5.7 -8.3 82 2.6 -6.9 235 44 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.3 3.71 11 500 5793 -10.6 -14.2 75 3.6 -11.9 234 48 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.6 2.55 12 450 6596 -15.5 -18.3 79 2.9 -16.4 236 54 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.7 2.01 13 400 7476 -20.7 -22.8 83 2.1 -21.2 241 57 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.5 1.53 14 350 8451 -26.8 -28.4 87 1.5 -27.2 248 59 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.06 15 300 9545 -34.9 -36.2 88 1.3 -35.1 250 56 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.3 0.58 16 250 10789 -45.3 -45.5 98 0.2 -45.3 253 52 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.26 17 200 12238 -57.6 -57.7 99 0.1 -57.6 256 48 341.6 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.08 18 150 13997 -67.3 -71.1 58 3.8 -67.3 245 67 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.02 19 100 16461 -66.6 -83.7 7 17.0 -66.8 260 36 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.25 m Freezing level: 616.00 mb = 4158.79 m = 13644.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3930.06 m = 12893.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.38 mb = 655.39 m = 2150.21 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1526.67 m = 5008.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 36.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.32 mb = 1070.71 m = 3512.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.32 mb = 2455.05 m = 8054.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 358.32 mb = 8279.84 m = 27164.50 ft B at Equ Level: 283.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.32 mb = 11973.28 m = 39281.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.3 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 255.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 4.12 Bulk Shear: 68.99 m/s