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: 32.49,-94.61 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -94.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 996 109 25.2 17.7 63 7.6 20.1 207 6 298.7 301.0 293.3 336.1 12.86 2 950 529 24.3 15.3 57 9.0 18.3 200 19 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.0 11.58 3 900 1000 20.1 14.2 69 6.0 16.2 194 23 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.8 11.36 4 850 1490 15.8 12.8 82 3.0 13.9 189 25 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.4 11.00 5 800 2003 11.8 10.9 94 0.9 11.2 191 27 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.4 10.28 6 750 2541 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.3 203 33 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.4 9.18 7 700 3109 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 214 38 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.1 7.41 8 650 3710 0.9 0.2 95 0.7 0.5 222 35 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.6 6.00 9 600 4351 -1.9 -2.4 97 0.4 -2.1 233 37 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.36 10 550 5038 -6.0 -6.5 96 0.6 -6.2 241 40 317.0 317.8 291.9 330.7 4.26 11 500 5778 -10.3 -11.0 95 0.7 -10.6 239 38 320.5 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.31 12 450 6582 -14.8 -15.2 97 0.4 -15.0 232 36 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.4 2.60 13 400 7462 -21.6 -22.1 95 0.5 -21.7 235 44 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.6 1.63 14 350 8432 -28.6 -29.4 93 0.8 -28.7 238 51 330.2 330.3 292.7 333.6 0.96 15 300 9516 -37.3 -37.7 95 0.5 -37.3 240 52 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.7 0.49 16 250 10750 -46.4 -47.0 93 0.6 -46.4 252 61 337.1 337.1 293.8 338.0 0.22 17 200 12197 -57.6 -60.3 71 2.7 -57.6 247 57 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.06 18 150 13982 -63.4 -76.2 16 12.9 -63.5 248 64 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16447 -68.2 -83.4 10 15.2 -68.2 250 39 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.41 m Freezing level: 633.55 mb = 3920.45 m = 12862.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.85 mb = 3835.61 m = 12583.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.71 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.12 mb = 1075.52 m = 3528.56 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1815.18 m = 5955.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 38.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.39 mb = 1556.52 m = 5106.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.39 mb = 2124.87 m = 6971.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.39 mb = 10022.32 m = 32881.22 ft B at Equ Level: 446.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.39 mb = 13264.21 m = 43517.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 201.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 9.04 Bulk Shear: 49.44 m/s