MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.07,-95.08 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -95.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 88 26.0 21.3 75 4.7 22.6 282 4 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.4 16.06 1 1000 144 25.2 20.9 77 4.3 22.2 278 7 298.3 301.2 295.3 344.2 15.78 2 950 593 21.1 19.9 93 1.2 20.2 267 10 298.6 301.4 295.2 343.8 15.54 3 900 1060 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 261 15 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.5 14.24 4 850 1550 16.1 15.5 96 0.6 15.7 263 18 303.0 305.5 294.8 341.9 13.13 5 800 2066 15.0 8.2 64 6.7 10.8 255 16 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.1 8.57 6 750 2609 11.2 1.0 49 10.2 5.7 246 15 308.7 309.8 290.5 325.7 5.48 7 700 3181 7.3 -8.0 33 15.2 0.5 266 14 310.5 311.1 288.8 320.1 2.99 8 650 3786 4.3 -21.0 14 25.2 -4.1 283 17 313.8 314.0 287.9 317.5 1.10 9 600 4434 1.5 -31.8 6 33.3 -7.2 284 21 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.4 0.45 10 550 5128 -2.5 -36.6 5 34.0 -10.2 285 25 321.1 321.1 289.4 322.2 0.30 11 500 5877 -7.4 -38.5 6 31.1 -13.7 296 28 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.0 0.27 12 450 6687 -13.4 -39.0 10 25.6 -18.0 297 27 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.5 0.29 13 400 7572 -19.9 -47.7 7 27.8 -23.4 302 27 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 14 350 8547 -27.5 -47.6 13 20.1 -29.6 293 33 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.15 15 300 9634 -36.8 -51.0 21 14.3 -37.8 294 40 333.5 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.12 16 250 10872 -45.6 -56.9 27 11.3 -46.1 295 61 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.07 17 200 12322 -56.4 -62.5 46 6.1 -56.5 294 76 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14098 -67.1 -73.3 41 6.2 -67.2 297 69 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 19 100 16499 -73.7 -82.9 23 9.2 -73.7 280 52 385.4 385.4 303.1 385.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.70 m Freezing level: 581.59 mb = 4689.38 m = 15384.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.72 mb = 3242.77 m = 10638.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.67 % Est. max temperature: 30.02 C = 86.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.07 mb = 683.62 m = 2242.83 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 24.41 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.29 mb = 858.01 m = 2814.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.69 C = 80.05 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 23.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 995.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.91 mb = 786.87 m = 2581.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.91 mb = 927.54 m = 3043.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 843.91 mb = 1611.56 m = 5287.21 ft B at Equ Level: 9.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 803.91 mb = 2024.87 m = 6643.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.1 neg: -17.6 tot: 18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 76.43 Bulk Shear: 13.03 m/s