MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 31.90,-98.23 Latitude: 31.90 Longitude: -98.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 966 379 27.2 17.9 57 9.3 20.7 235 13 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.3 13.49 2 950 523 25.2 17.1 61 8.1 19.6 235 17 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 13.00 3 900 995 20.7 16.0 75 4.7 17.5 235 19 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.9 12.84 4 850 1487 16.5 14.4 87 2.1 15.1 233 21 303.5 305.7 294.3 339.8 12.23 5 800 2001 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 234 20 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.5 10.54 6 750 2543 11.1 4.9 65 6.2 7.5 241 22 308.7 310.0 292.0 330.9 7.26 7 700 3116 7.6 -0.8 55 8.5 3.2 241 28 310.9 311.9 290.9 327.0 5.14 8 650 3722 3.4 -1.6 70 4.9 0.8 236 35 312.8 313.8 291.5 329.3 5.25 9 600 4366 -1.4 -4.1 82 2.7 -2.7 229 40 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.5 4.72 10 550 5052 -6.9 -14.4 55 7.5 -9.6 233 42 315.9 316.3 289.8 323.4 2.28 11 500 5789 -11.3 -33.9 14 22.5 -15.9 237 44 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.44 12 450 6589 -17.1 -34.7 20 17.6 -20.3 242 50 321.8 321.8 289.8 323.4 0.45 13 400 7460 -23.8 -40.2 21 16.4 -26.0 242 55 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.29 14 350 8420 -31.4 -52.0 11 20.6 -32.9 245 60 326.4 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.09 15 300 9490 -40.0 -55.1 18 15.1 -40.7 241 73 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.07 16 250 10715 -47.2 -55.4 39 8.2 -47.5 243 97 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12155 -57.7 -63.1 50 5.4 -57.8 246 101 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.04 18 150 13959 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.1 -59.7 252 68 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16454 -67.3 -83.5 8 16.2 -67.4 264 29 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 614.71 mb = 4176.80 m = 13703.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.05 mb = 3871.39 m = 12701.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.80 mb = 1549.21 m = 5082.66 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1748.40 m = 5736.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1552.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.82 mb = 1589.31 m = 5214.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.82 mb = 1950.37 m = 6398.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 774.82 mb = 2269.70 m = 7446.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.82 mb = 2600.46 m = 8531.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 54.12 Bulk Shear: 28.68 m/s