MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 31.62,-95.62 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -95.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 996 124 20.5 19.8 96 0.7 20.0 175 7 293.9 296.5 293.3 335.9 14.72 2 950 539 22.3 17.1 72 5.2 18.8 208 28 299.8 302.2 293.8 337.8 12.99 3 900 1008 19.5 14.6 73 4.9 16.3 220 31 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.1 11.70 4 850 1498 16.1 12.5 80 3.5 13.8 235 30 303.0 305.0 293.0 335.0 10.79 5 800 2011 12.7 10.3 85 2.4 11.2 254 31 304.7 306.5 292.9 334.2 9.85 6 750 2551 9.0 7.0 87 2.0 7.8 263 30 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.8 8.42 7 700 3120 5.8 -0.5 64 6.3 2.6 259 32 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.3 5.29 8 650 3723 2.4 -7.4 48 9.8 -1.9 258 39 311.7 312.4 289.5 322.5 3.38 9 600 4364 -1.8 -15.6 34 13.8 -6.8 251 43 314.1 314.4 288.8 320.3 1.89 10 550 5050 -6.1 -18.1 38 12.0 -10.1 244 45 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.5 1.68 11 500 5789 -11.1 -21.1 43 10.0 -14.0 239 48 319.5 319.8 290.1 324.4 1.42 12 450 6589 -16.4 -23.7 53 7.3 -18.3 233 55 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.0 1.26 13 400 7464 -22.5 -30.9 46 8.4 -24.1 231 62 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.73 14 350 8431 -29.4 -37.3 46 8.0 -30.4 229 69 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.44 15 300 9514 -36.6 -43.8 47 7.2 -37.2 231 80 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.26 16 250 10751 -46.2 -50.4 62 4.3 -46.4 232 85 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.15 17 200 12196 -57.4 -61.6 58 4.2 -57.5 230 86 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 18 150 13990 -62.4 -77.9 11 15.5 -62.6 241 67 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16452 -67.5 -83.4 9 15.9 -67.7 255 40 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.92 m Freezing level: 621.03 mb = 4094.22 m = 13432.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.53 mb = 3457.33 m = 11342.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.73 mb = 209.15 m = 686.19 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.53 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.06 mb = 1647.97 m = 5406.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 328.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 625.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.27 mb = 1100.99 m = 3612.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.27 mb = 2382.22 m = 7815.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.27 mb = 10097.42 m = 33127.60 ft B at Equ Level: 624.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.27 mb = 13385.38 m = 43914.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 284.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 284.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 81.97 m/s