MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 3Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-94.42 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -94.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 999 107 21.7 18.4 82 3.3 19.5 183 6 294.9 297.4 292.7 333.6 13.48 2 950 548 20.4 16.7 79 3.8 17.9 176 24 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.7 12.66 3 900 1014 17.5 15.3 86 2.3 16.0 185 32 299.6 301.8 293.1 335.3 12.20 4 850 1501 15.2 13.5 89 1.7 14.1 200 30 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.1 11.50 5 800 2014 12.5 11.0 91 1.5 11.5 218 29 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.4 10.35 6 750 2554 9.5 8.1 91 1.4 8.6 230 30 306.9 308.6 292.9 334.3 9.07 7 700 3124 6.4 4.6 89 1.7 5.4 238 33 309.6 311.0 292.5 333.0 7.65 8 650 3729 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 245 36 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.8 6.38 9 600 4372 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.9 244 40 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.1 4.58 10 550 5060 -5.9 -10.4 70 4.5 -7.7 241 44 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.4 3.15 11 500 5800 -10.5 -14.5 72 4.0 -12.0 237 46 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.5 2.48 12 450 6604 -15.2 -19.7 68 4.5 -16.6 240 46 324.1 324.5 291.7 330.2 1.78 13 400 7484 -20.8 -24.2 74 3.4 -21.7 244 46 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.7 1.35 14 350 8458 -27.7 -30.8 75 3.1 -28.3 244 52 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.5 0.84 15 300 9547 -36.2 -37.7 86 1.5 -36.4 245 63 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.2 0.50 16 250 10785 -46.0 -47.3 87 1.3 -46.1 245 71 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.5 0.21 17 200 12231 -58.1 -58.8 91 0.8 -58.1 244 71 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 18 150 14000 -64.9 -75.9 20 11.1 -65.0 250 65 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16457 -64.8 -83.7 6 19.0 -64.9 253 34 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.56 m Freezing level: 616.94 mb = 4154.25 m = 13629.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.80 mb = 3969.84 m = 13024.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.36 mb = 526.36 m = 1726.88 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1555.99 m = 5104.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 37.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 100.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.80 mb = 977.43 m = 3206.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.80 mb = 3619.14 m = 11873.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.80 mb = 7881.44 m = 25857.43 ft B at Equ Level: 146.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 248.80 mb = 10816.17 m = 35485.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 290.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 290.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1.46 Bulk Shear: 100.57 m/s