MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-97.21 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -97.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 985 218 21.1 19.5 91 1.6 20.0 191 14 295.5 298.1 293.7 337.5 14.61 2 950 530 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 195 26 296.5 299.1 294.0 338.6 14.61 3 900 996 18.8 15.7 82 3.1 16.7 217 36 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.8 12.59 4 850 1488 18.7 9.7 56 9.0 13.0 231 33 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.90 5 800 2006 15.9 7.1 56 8.9 10.6 241 27 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.3 7.92 6 750 2551 12.1 3.4 55 8.7 7.2 242 21 309.7 310.9 291.7 329.8 6.52 7 700 3125 7.6 -3.3 46 10.9 2.2 242 20 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.4 4.28 8 650 3730 3.7 -15.2 24 18.9 -3.4 242 23 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.1 1.81 9 600 4375 0.2 -25.0 13 25.2 -7.2 246 27 316.4 316.6 288.5 319.3 0.84 10 550 5066 -4.5 -22.6 23 18.1 -9.9 251 30 318.8 319.0 289.6 322.7 1.13 11 500 5808 -10.4 -22.1 38 11.7 -13.9 265 32 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.30 12 450 6610 -15.7 -26.5 39 10.8 -18.3 277 41 323.5 323.7 290.9 326.9 0.97 13 400 7488 -21.9 -36.4 26 14.5 -24.3 281 49 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.1 0.42 14 350 8453 -30.4 -38.9 43 8.5 -31.5 281 51 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.38 15 300 9528 -39.4 -45.2 54 5.8 -39.9 285 57 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.23 16 250 10748 -49.7 -51.2 84 1.6 -49.7 294 63 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.14 17 200 12172 -58.8 -63.4 55 4.6 -58.9 284 52 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 18 150 13956 -62.0 -77.0 12 15.0 -62.1 283 63 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16444 -66.9 -83.6 8 16.7 -67.0 271 42 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.16 m Freezing level: 597.36 mb = 4411.74 m = 14474.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.55 mb = 3354.88 m = 11006.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.05 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.67 mb = 415.83 m = 1364.27 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.52 mb = 2149.68 m = 7052.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.07 C = 93.33 F Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 27.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 209.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.24 mb = 888.98 m = 2916.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.24 mb = 3528.55 m = 11576.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.24 mb = 11976.08 m = 39291.13 ft B at Equ Level: 891.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.24 mb = 14111.66 m = 46297.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: -18.7 tot: 205.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.25 Bulk Rich Number: 17.82 Bulk Shear: 50.51 m/s