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,-97.37 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -97.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 275 22.0 18.7 81 3.3 19.8 157 8 297.1 299.6 293.7 337.5 14.01 2 950 527 23.3 16.4 66 6.8 18.7 176 24 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.4 12.48 3 900 998 21.1 14.1 65 6.9 16.5 187 30 303.2 305.3 293.6 336.9 11.34 4 850 1491 18.1 12.1 68 6.0 14.2 202 31 305.1 307.1 293.4 336.5 10.49 5 800 2008 14.6 9.9 73 4.7 11.6 225 33 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.7 9.60 6 750 2550 10.3 7.5 83 2.8 8.6 238 38 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.2 8.70 7 700 3121 6.0 4.5 90 1.5 5.1 238 43 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.3 7.57 8 650 3725 2.4 -3.5 65 5.9 -0.4 234 48 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.0 4.54 9 600 4368 -0.2 -13.2 37 13.0 -5.3 237 47 315.8 316.3 289.8 323.4 2.30 10 550 5059 -4.3 -18.8 31 14.5 -9.2 247 46 319.0 319.3 290.0 324.3 1.58 11 500 5802 -9.9 -26.3 25 16.4 -14.2 246 46 321.0 321.1 290.0 324.1 0.89 12 450 6605 -14.9 -32.9 20 17.9 -18.6 238 50 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.4 0.54 13 400 7485 -21.2 -38.5 20 17.3 -23.9 236 56 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.34 14 350 8456 -28.2 -42.1 25 14.0 -29.9 239 62 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.27 15 300 9543 -36.0 -48.2 27 12.2 -37.0 237 64 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 16 250 10784 -45.4 -55.2 32 9.9 -45.8 241 68 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12240 -54.6 -63.8 31 9.3 -54.8 254 52 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14045 -63.2 -77.2 13 14.1 -63.3 255 28 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16487 -66.0 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 281 26 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.42 m Freezing level: 604.43 mb = 4311.21 m = 14144.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.03 mb = 3674.31 m = 12054.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.62 mb = 697.31 m = 2287.75 ft T: 22.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 14.14 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.47 mb = 2215.75 m = 7269.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.33 mb = 1548.18 m = 5079.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.33 mb = 2895.94 m = 9501.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.33 mb = 9789.73 m = 32118.16 ft B at Equ Level: 356.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.33 mb = 12584.15 m = 41286.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 387.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 387.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 146.03 m/s