MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 32.16,-96.13 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -96.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 993 119 25.5 19.7 70 5.8 21.5 167 16 299.3 302.0 294.8 342.3 14.74 2 950 509 24.4 18.1 68 6.3 20.0 179 32 301.9 304.5 295.0 342.8 13.85 3 900 982 22.4 14.2 60 8.2 17.0 201 36 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.6 11.39 4 850 1477 19.0 11.5 61 7.6 14.1 219 38 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.3 10.05 5 800 1995 14.8 9.5 71 5.3 11.5 229 40 306.9 308.6 293.1 335.2 9.37 6 750 2537 10.3 7.1 80 3.2 8.4 238 41 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.5 8.47 7 700 3108 6.1 2.5 78 3.5 4.1 246 43 309.2 310.4 291.6 329.4 6.57 8 650 3713 3.5 -6.9 47 10.3 -1.3 250 45 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.1 3.52 9 600 4357 -0.5 -13.2 38 12.7 -5.5 257 48 315.5 316.0 289.7 323.1 2.30 10 550 5047 -4.3 -18.8 31 14.5 -9.2 262 53 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.4 1.57 11 500 5792 -8.4 -31.2 14 22.7 -13.8 268 58 322.7 322.9 290.2 324.8 0.57 12 450 6599 -14.9 -33.9 18 18.9 -18.7 268 60 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.49 13 400 7476 -22.7 -34.9 32 12.2 -24.8 273 64 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.3 0.49 14 350 8438 -31.3 -40.8 39 9.5 -32.3 278 62 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.8 0.31 15 300 9513 -38.5 -45.8 46 7.3 -39.1 300 82 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.21 16 250 10740 -48.0 -51.1 70 3.1 -48.1 308 94 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 17 200 12174 -57.6 -62.0 57 4.4 -57.6 312 75 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 13961 -64.3 -73.7 26 9.4 -64.4 284 65 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16422 -65.8 -83.7 7 17.9 -66.0 288 46 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.76 m Freezing level: 606.49 mb = 4273.48 m = 14020.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.77 mb = 3566.06 m = 11699.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.43 C = 90.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.80 mb = 858.36 m = 2816.12 ft T: 22.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 19.71 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.34 mb = 2012.08 m = 6601.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.17 C = 91.71 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1350.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.25 mb = 1443.84 m = 4736.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.25 mb = 2445.19 m = 8022.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.25 mb = 12228.38 m = 40118.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.25 mb = 15404.05 m = 50537.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 514.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.86 Bulk Rich Number: 5.97 Bulk Shear: 225.96 m/s