MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.11,-94.21 Latitude: 32.11 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 998 97 26.2 17.2 58 8.9 20.1 176 7 299.5 301.8 293.3 335.9 12.47 2 950 532 24.9 14.9 54 10.0 18.2 183 22 302.5 304.6 293.3 335.9 11.27 3 900 1004 20.5 13.9 66 6.6 16.2 187 24 302.7 304.7 293.3 335.7 11.16 4 850 1494 15.9 12.7 81 3.2 13.8 189 24 302.8 304.9 293.2 335.3 10.94 5 800 2007 11.8 11.1 96 0.7 11.3 190 24 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.44 6 750 2545 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 195 23 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.33 7 700 3114 5.3 5.1 99 0.2 5.2 213 27 308.4 309.8 292.4 332.5 7.91 8 650 3716 2.2 -2.9 69 5.1 -0.3 221 33 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.3 4.75 9 600 4359 -1.0 -7.3 62 6.3 -3.8 224 38 315.0 315.7 290.8 326.9 3.69 10 550 5048 -5.3 -8.3 79 3.0 -6.6 231 45 317.8 318.6 291.7 329.9 3.73 11 500 5791 -9.6 -16.1 59 6.5 -11.9 236 44 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.7 2.18 12 450 6596 -14.8 -22.7 51 8.0 -17.0 239 52 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.4 1.37 13 400 7476 -21.3 -26.5 63 5.2 -22.5 241 58 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.2 1.09 14 350 8447 -28.1 -33.0 62 5.0 -28.9 244 66 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.4 0.68 15 300 9536 -36.0 -39.6 70 3.6 -36.4 250 72 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.41 16 250 10774 -46.2 -48.7 76 2.4 -46.4 250 78 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.0 0.18 17 200 12217 -57.9 -58.6 92 0.7 -58.0 250 77 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 18 150 13998 -63.5 -77.0 14 13.5 -63.6 245 72 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16453 -68.8 -83.4 10 14.7 -68.9 251 40 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.45 m Freezing level: 615.31 mb = 4162.23 m = 13655.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.01 mb = 3678.47 m = 12068.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.77 mb = 1238.06 m = 4061.82 ft T: 18.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1877.84 m = 6160.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.16 C = 86.29 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 251.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.80 mb = 1677.41 m = 5503.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.80 mb = 2145.62 m = 7039.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 316.80 mb = 9151.26 m = 30023.44 ft B at Equ Level: 250.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.80 mb = 12316.87 m = 40409.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.1 neg: -1.6 tot: 137.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 54.08 m/s