MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510150600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510150600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.1,-95.7 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -95.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 987 180 21.9 20.0 89 2.0 20.6 190 12 296.2 298.9 294.2 339.6 15.06 2 950 512 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.7 197 22 296.2 298.8 293.8 337.8 14.42 3 900 978 19.7 14.0 69 5.7 15.9 220 33 301.8 303.9 293.0 334.9 11.20 4 850 1468 16.1 11.5 74 4.6 13.1 222 32 303.0 304.8 292.5 332.9 10.08 5 800 1981 12.6 9.7 83 2.9 10.8 221 31 304.5 306.3 292.5 332.9 9.47 6 750 2520 9.5 7.9 89 1.7 8.5 218 31 306.9 308.6 292.8 333.9 8.93 7 700 3091 6.5 5.2 91 1.3 5.8 217 32 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.1 7.95 8 650 3697 3.0 1.4 90 1.5 2.1 221 36 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.6 6.53 9 600 4340 -1.7 -3.8 85 2.2 -2.7 222 41 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.4 4.80 10 550 5027 -6.9 -8.6 88 1.6 -7.7 221 44 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.64 11 500 5764 -11.7 -11.9 98 0.3 -11.8 221 48 318.8 319.4 291.4 328.9 3.06 12 450 6564 -16.5 -16.9 97 0.4 -16.6 224 56 322.6 323.0 291.7 330.2 2.27 13 400 7439 -22.3 -28.5 57 6.2 -23.6 227 65 326.0 326.2 291.5 329.3 0.91 14 350 8408 -28.8 -35.0 55 6.2 -29.7 227 72 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.1 0.56 15 300 9492 -36.8 -43.9 47 7.2 -37.4 233 74 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.5 0.26 16 250 10734 -44.6 -51.2 48 6.6 -45.0 232 56 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.14 17 200 12203 -51.9 -71.6 8 19.7 -52.2 249 69 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14036 -60.1 -79.1 7 18.9 -60.3 250 65 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16493 -70.1 -83.4 12 13.4 -70.2 259 35 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.68 m Freezing level: 618.00 mb = 4108.57 m = 13479.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.28 mb = 3969.89 m = 13024.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.63 mb = 424.65 m = 1393.19 ft T: 19.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1547.78 m = 5077.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 604.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.44 mb = 954.27 m = 3130.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.44 mb = 2660.09 m = 8727.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.44 mb = 10024.29 m = 32887.70 ft B at Equ Level: 598.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.44 mb = 12616.03 m = 41390.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.5 neg: -10.1 tot: 130.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 11.81 Bulk Shear: 51.16 m/s