MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 99 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 37 2 292.5 295.0 292.3 332.3 14.03 1 1000 104 19.4 19.0 97 0.4 19.1 33 2 292.6 295.1 292.3 332.2 13.96 2 950 546 18.9 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 216 9 296.4 298.8 293.2 335.4 13.51 3 900 1011 17.5 15.4 88 2.1 16.1 225 24 299.5 301.8 293.2 335.6 12.35 4 850 1498 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.6 233 29 301.4 303.5 292.9 334.5 11.21 5 800 2009 11.5 10.9 96 0.6 11.1 240 32 303.4 305.3 292.8 333.9 10.26 6 750 2547 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 247 34 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.09 7 700 3115 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 253 39 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.4 7.66 8 650 3717 1.6 1.2 97 0.4 1.4 252 42 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.7 6.42 9 600 4359 -1.8 -2.7 94 0.8 -2.3 248 44 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.6 5.25 10 550 5047 -5.8 -6.8 93 1.0 -6.2 243 47 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.8 4.19 11 500 5788 -10.0 -10.8 93 0.9 -10.4 240 48 320.9 321.5 292.2 331.9 3.34 12 450 6593 -14.7 -15.3 95 0.6 -14.9 236 48 324.8 325.3 292.7 333.5 2.59 13 400 7476 -20.3 -20.4 99 0.1 -20.3 232 47 328.7 329.0 293.1 335.2 1.89 14 350 8452 -26.9 -27.0 99 0.1 -26.9 234 49 332.5 332.7 293.5 336.8 1.20 15 300 9545 -34.8 -35.0 98 0.2 -34.8 234 44 336.3 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.65 16 250 10790 -45.0 -45.6 94 0.6 -45.1 225 40 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.26 17 200 12240 -57.3 -58.5 87 1.1 -57.4 221 39 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.07 18 150 14002 -67.7 -70.9 64 3.2 -67.8 235 63 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.02 19 100 16461 -63.8 -84.0 5 20.2 -64.0 267 31 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.30 m Freezing level: 626.67 mb = 4016.86 m = 13178.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.18 mb = 3952.97 m = 12968.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.18 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.79 mb = 131.55 m = 431.58 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1220.93 m = 4005.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 37.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 174.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.26 mb = 708.37 m = 2324.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.26 mb = 2357.76 m = 7735.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.26 mb = 7159.14 m = 23487.70 ft B at Equ Level: 174.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.26 mb = 10083.44 m = 33081.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.9 neg: -14.9 tot: 223.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.42 Bulk Shear: 123.30 m/s