MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 12Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 31.77,-93.97 Latitude: 31.77 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 19.5 19.2 98 0.4 19.3 311 4 292.6 295.1 292.4 332.5 14.08 1 1000 104 19.6 19.1 97 0.5 19.2 313 4 292.7 295.2 292.4 332.5 14.02 2 950 546 17.9 17.2 96 0.6 17.5 311 13 295.3 297.7 292.5 333.0 13.13 3 900 1009 16.7 13.9 84 2.7 14.9 277 18 298.7 300.7 292.1 331.3 11.19 4 850 1495 15.2 12.9 86 2.4 13.7 256 24 302.1 304.1 293.0 334.8 11.05 5 800 2009 13.0 9.7 80 3.3 11.0 248 31 305.0 306.8 292.7 333.5 9.51 6 750 2548 9.2 6.2 81 3.0 7.5 252 32 306.6 308.1 291.9 330.7 7.95 7 700 3117 5.7 1.7 75 4.0 3.5 256 33 308.8 310.0 291.1 327.8 6.18 8 650 3720 1.8 -2.9 71 4.7 -0.4 254 32 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.0 4.77 9 600 4361 -1.8 -6.1 72 4.3 -3.8 246 33 314.0 314.8 290.8 326.9 4.03 10 550 5050 -5.3 -10.9 65 5.6 -7.6 251 37 317.8 318.4 291.0 327.7 3.02 11 500 5791 -10.0 -17.9 52 7.9 -12.6 264 42 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.1 1.86 12 450 6595 -15.6 -31.1 25 15.5 -18.9 277 51 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.9 0.63 13 400 7471 -22.6 -39.6 20 17.0 -25.1 285 55 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.31 14 350 8434 -30.7 -45.8 21 15.1 -32.1 286 65 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.18 15 300 9511 -38.4 -48.2 35 9.8 -39.1 271 71 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10738 -48.0 -52.3 61 4.3 -48.2 262 70 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12173 -58.2 -61.0 70 2.8 -58.3 251 72 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 18 150 13962 -62.1 -76.7 12 14.7 -62.2 269 77 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16422 -67.9 -83.6 9 15.7 -67.9 254 49 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.47 m Freezing level: 624.67 mb = 4044.84 m = 13270.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.63 mb = 3649.83 m = 11974.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.10 mb = 137.57 m = 451.34 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1503.13 m = 4931.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 135.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.41 mb = 678.28 m = 2225.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.41 mb = 3590.86 m = 11780.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 560.41 mb = 4901.29 m = 16080.14 ft B at Equ Level: 32.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.41 mb = 11262.86 m = 36951.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.6 neg: -23.2 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 88.02 m/s