MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191800F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 3Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 31.48,-93.82 Latitude: 31.48 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 99 22.6 19.5 82 3.1 20.4 195 9 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.2 14.39 2 950 540 20.9 17.7 82 3.2 18.7 199 31 298.4 300.8 293.7 337.8 13.55 3 900 1009 20.0 14.9 73 5.1 16.6 221 34 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.3 11.93 4 850 1500 17.2 12.9 75 4.4 14.4 245 32 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.1 11.03 5 800 2016 14.3 9.3 72 4.9 11.2 263 34 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.3 9.26 6 750 2558 10.5 5.4 70 5.1 7.5 268 34 308.0 309.4 292.0 330.9 7.51 7 700 3129 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.1 262 35 310.0 311.0 290.7 326.7 5.37 8 650 3734 2.9 -6.3 51 9.2 -1.3 257 35 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.9 3.67 9 600 4378 -0.8 -11.9 43 11.1 -5.3 261 41 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.6 2.57 10 550 5067 -4.8 -12.4 55 7.6 -7.8 268 47 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.2 2.67 11 500 5811 -9.4 -20.4 40 11.0 -12.8 269 50 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.8 1.51 12 450 6615 -15.7 -28.7 32 13.1 -18.7 265 49 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.3 0.79 13 400 7492 -22.1 -28.4 57 6.3 -23.5 271 53 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.5 0.92 14 350 8458 -29.7 -32.0 80 2.4 -30.0 274 59 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.5 0.74 15 300 9539 -37.8 -40.3 78 2.5 -38.1 278 65 332.1 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.38 16 250 10772 -46.4 -50.7 61 4.3 -46.6 270 53 337.1 337.2 293.7 337.7 0.15 17 200 12231 -53.0 -65.8 20 12.8 -53.3 271 75 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14052 -60.8 -78.9 8 18.1 -61.0 254 44 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16509 -69.2 -83.1 12 13.9 -69.3 269 38 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.58 m Freezing level: 610.51 mb = 4242.31 m = 13918.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.11 mb = 3546.55 m = 11635.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.49 mb = 498.88 m = 1636.74 ft T: 21.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1888.17 m = 6194.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.72 F Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.94 mb = 1018.68 m = 3342.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.94 mb = 3082.96 m = 10114.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.94 mb = 10666.68 m = 34995.23 ft B at Equ Level: 594.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.94 mb = 13114.57 m = 43026.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 359.0 neg: -6.3 tot: 352.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 131.14 m/s