MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 33.5,-98 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -98.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 973 321 24.0 17.4 66 6.6 19.5 178 8 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.4 12.97 2 950 529 26.2 15.1 51 11.0 18.8 190 21 303.7 305.9 293.8 337.8 11.46 3 900 1003 22.0 14.1 61 7.9 16.7 194 27 304.1 306.2 293.8 337.8 11.30 4 850 1496 17.6 12.9 74 4.7 14.6 201 31 304.5 306.6 293.7 337.6 11.08 5 800 2012 13.7 11.4 86 2.4 12.2 212 34 305.8 307.8 293.7 337.7 10.62 6 750 2553 9.7 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 218 36 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.7 9.82 7 700 3125 6.6 6.2 97 0.4 6.3 219 37 309.8 311.4 293.3 335.9 8.52 8 650 3729 2.7 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 221 41 312.1 313.2 292.2 331.7 6.30 9 600 4373 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.1 227 44 314.2 315.0 291.2 328.4 4.46 10 550 5059 -6.0 -26.4 18 20.3 -11.5 239 45 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.7 0.81 11 500 5799 -10.7 -32.6 15 21.9 -15.4 243 44 320.0 320.1 289.3 321.8 0.50 12 450 6599 -16.1 -41.7 9 25.7 -20.0 239 55 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.9 0.22 13 400 7476 -21.9 -49.4 6 27.5 -24.9 237 68 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.11 14 350 8444 -29.3 -56.7 5 27.4 -31.3 246 71 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.05 15 300 9526 -37.4 -52.7 19 15.3 -38.4 241 79 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 16 250 10760 -46.2 -58.2 24 12.0 -46.6 250 89 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 17 200 12215 -52.5 -71.0 9 18.5 -52.8 268 71 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14045 -60.4 -78.5 8 18.0 -60.6 254 26 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16494 -67.1 -83.6 8 16.5 -67.2 292 27 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.81 m Freezing level: 619.05 mb = 4127.93 m = 13542.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.13 mb = 3953.41 m = 12970.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.86 mb = 1168.79 m = 3834.58 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2212.85 m = 7259.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 40.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 427.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 682.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.06 mb = 1884.62 m = 6183.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.06 mb = 2585.67 m = 8483.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.06 mb = 10571.30 m = 34682.34 ft B at Equ Level: 682.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.06 mb = 12990.21 m = 42618.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 254.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 8.82 Bulk Shear: 77.39 m/s