MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 25 OCT 25 Station: 32.37,-94.09 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -94.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 88 20.7 19.1 91 1.6 19.6 253 8 293.8 296.3 292.7 333.9 14.07 1 1000 94 20.8 19.0 90 1.8 19.6 256 9 294.0 296.5 292.7 333.9 14.00 2 950 538 19.0 17.1 89 1.9 17.8 247 25 296.5 298.9 292.9 334.2 13.05 3 900 1003 16.8 15.2 90 1.6 15.8 231 31 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.3 12.17 4 850 1489 14.4 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 222 33 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.18 5 800 2000 11.6 10.5 93 1.1 10.9 219 33 303.5 305.4 292.6 333.3 10.01 6 750 2538 8.4 7.5 94 1.0 7.9 223 36 305.7 307.4 292.2 331.9 8.69 7 700 3106 5.1 4.2 94 0.8 4.6 230 34 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.8 7.42 8 650 3708 1.2 0.5 95 0.7 0.8 236 34 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.4 6.13 9 600 4350 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 235 37 314.0 315.1 292.0 331.2 5.42 10 550 5038 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 234 41 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.37 11 500 5781 -9.8 -10.7 93 0.9 -10.1 235 45 321.1 321.8 292.3 332.3 3.39 12 450 6587 -14.4 -15.1 95 0.7 -14.7 238 46 325.1 325.6 292.8 334.0 2.63 13 400 7471 -20.0 -20.1 99 0.1 -20.0 242 46 329.1 329.4 293.3 335.8 1.94 14 350 8448 -26.8 -26.8 100 0.0 -26.8 245 42 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.1 1.22 15 300 9541 -35.4 -35.4 100 -0.0 -35.4 246 41 335.4 335.6 293.8 337.8 0.62 16 250 10782 -46.1 -46.1 100 0.0 -46.0 249 45 337.6 337.6 294.0 338.6 0.25 17 200 12224 -58.5 -58.6 99 0.1 -58.5 250 52 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 18 150 13975 -66.6 -69.2 69 2.6 -66.6 244 63 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.02 19 100 16454 -67.2 -83.5 8 16.3 -67.3 253 38 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.64 m Freezing level: 629.63 mb = 3969.56 m = 13023.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.37 mb = 3890.58 m = 12764.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.37 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.39 mb = 283.38 m = 929.71 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 4.98 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1170.50 m = 3840.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 127.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.11 mb = 766.23 m = 2513.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.11 mb = 2426.67 m = 7961.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.11 mb = 6585.66 m = 21606.24 ft B at Equ Level: 126.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 310.11 mb = 9306.39 m = 30532.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.3 neg: -8.7 tot: 49.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.73 Bulk Shear: 46.47 m/s