MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-97.29 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 979 264 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.8 169 6 297.2 299.8 293.7 337.5 13.93 2 950 529 23.4 16.3 65 7.1 18.6 182 22 300.9 303.2 293.6 337.3 12.39 3 900 1000 21.1 14.1 64 7.0 16.4 190 29 303.3 305.3 293.5 336.8 11.28 4 850 1493 17.9 12.1 69 5.8 14.1 201 30 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.3 10.49 5 800 2009 14.3 10.0 75 4.3 11.6 220 32 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.5 9.66 6 750 2551 10.1 7.6 85 2.5 8.6 234 36 307.5 309.2 292.8 334.1 8.77 7 700 3122 5.9 4.5 91 1.3 5.1 236 41 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.3 7.59 8 650 3725 2.3 -2.6 70 4.9 -0.1 234 46 311.6 312.5 290.8 326.9 4.88 9 600 4368 -0.6 -10.7 46 10.1 -4.8 237 46 315.5 316.0 290.2 324.7 2.82 10 550 5058 -4.6 -16.3 40 11.7 -8.8 246 47 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.1 1.95 11 500 5800 -10.0 -23.4 32 13.4 -13.8 246 47 320.8 321.0 290.2 324.8 1.16 12 450 6604 -15.0 -29.3 28 14.3 -18.3 239 51 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.0 0.75 13 400 7483 -21.2 -34.7 28 13.6 -23.6 238 57 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.50 14 350 8454 -28.1 -38.1 38 10.1 -29.5 239 63 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.41 15 300 9543 -35.8 -44.5 40 8.8 -36.6 237 66 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.9 0.24 16 250 10784 -45.2 -52.8 42 7.5 -45.6 240 69 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.11 17 200 12241 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.0 -54.9 253 52 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14044 -63.1 -77.2 13 14.1 -63.2 257 28 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16488 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.5 -66.3 281 25 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.20 m Freezing level: 609.61 mb = 4244.53 m = 13925.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.93 mb = 3713.19 m = 12182.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.94 mb = 733.26 m = 2405.68 ft T: 22.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.89 mb = 2179.96 m = 7152.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 38.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.66 mb = 1556.39 m = 5106.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 728.66 mb = 2789.81 m = 9152.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.66 mb = 9573.33 m = 31408.19 ft B at Equ Level: 358.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.66 mb = 12606.94 m = 41360.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 342.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 121.36 m/s