MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-96.50 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 993 153 25.1 19.9 73 5.2 21.4 184 17 298.8 301.5 294.8 342.1 14.86 2 950 542 21.1 18.3 84 2.8 19.2 187 28 298.6 301.1 294.2 339.5 14.05 3 900 1009 18.1 16.0 88 2.1 16.7 199 32 300.1 302.5 293.7 337.7 12.81 4 850 1498 16.2 12.1 77 4.1 13.6 207 29 303.1 305.1 292.9 334.2 10.47 5 800 2012 13.5 8.7 73 4.8 10.6 212 24 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.3 8.86 6 750 2553 9.9 7.0 82 2.9 8.1 225 24 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.7 8.39 7 700 3124 6.2 4.5 89 1.7 5.2 233 29 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.7 7.58 8 650 3728 2.6 0.9 89 1.7 1.7 238 38 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.6 6.31 9 600 4372 -1.3 -4.8 77 3.6 -3.0 244 44 314.6 315.5 291.4 328.8 4.45 10 550 5061 -5.1 -14.3 49 9.2 -8.5 245 46 318.0 318.5 290.5 325.7 2.30 11 500 5802 -10.2 -19.8 45 9.6 -13.2 237 46 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.58 12 450 6604 -16.1 -23.1 55 7.0 -18.0 230 48 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.6 1.33 13 400 7480 -22.4 -23.7 89 1.3 -22.7 228 55 325.8 326.1 291.9 330.8 1.41 14 350 8447 -29.5 -29.7 98 0.2 -29.5 231 58 329.0 329.2 292.3 332.3 0.93 15 300 9528 -37.8 -37.9 99 0.1 -37.8 234 71 332.1 332.2 292.8 333.9 0.49 16 250 10762 -46.3 -49.6 69 3.3 -46.4 239 79 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.17 17 200 12204 -58.5 -59.7 86 1.2 -58.5 242 74 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 13979 -63.5 -76.7 15 13.2 -63.6 243 69 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16450 -66.0 -83.7 7 17.7 -66.1 261 33 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.87 m Freezing level: 616.51 mb = 4159.14 m = 13645.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.66 mb = 3958.22 m = 12986.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.32 mb = 816.19 m = 2677.76 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 9.84 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1466.54 m = 4811.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 947.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.85 mb = 1000.76 m = 3283.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.85 mb = 2377.84 m = 7801.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.85 mb = 11710.97 m = 38421.35 ft B at Equ Level: 945.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.85 mb = 14582.51 m = 47842.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.9 neg: -17.6 tot: 142.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 13.13 Bulk Shear: 72.15 m/s