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: 32.86,-95.02 Latitude: 32.86 Longitude: -95.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 996 121 19.3 18.3 94 1.0 18.6 185 11 292.7 295.1 291.9 330.7 13.39 2 950 529 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 203 29 296.1 298.4 292.3 332.1 12.49 3 900 994 18.4 14.0 76 4.3 15.5 223 27 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.5 11.27 4 850 1483 15.7 11.3 75 4.4 13.0 243 27 302.6 304.4 292.3 332.2 9.97 5 800 1995 12.3 7.7 74 4.6 9.5 254 30 304.2 305.8 291.4 329.0 8.25 6 750 2534 8.9 2.4 64 6.5 5.4 260 32 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.7 6.06 7 700 3101 5.3 -2.0 59 7.3 1.7 261 36 308.4 309.3 289.7 323.0 4.72 8 650 3703 1.8 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 256 47 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.1 4.83 9 600 4344 -1.9 -12.4 45 10.4 -6.0 250 55 313.9 314.4 289.3 321.9 2.46 10 550 5031 -5.9 -19.0 35 13.1 -10.2 248 53 317.1 317.4 289.5 322.3 1.55 11 500 5771 -10.3 -22.5 36 12.2 -13.8 242 54 320.5 320.8 290.2 324.8 1.25 12 450 6575 -14.9 -25.6 40 10.7 -17.6 235 53 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.06 13 400 7456 -20.8 -28.4 51 7.6 -22.5 228 52 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.2 0.92 14 350 8429 -28.1 -30.6 79 2.5 -28.6 221 57 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.85 15 300 9517 -36.2 -36.9 93 0.7 -36.2 222 68 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.54 16 250 10755 -46.0 -46.1 100 0.0 -46.0 214 66 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.25 17 200 12200 -57.8 -57.8 99 0.1 -57.8 197 60 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 18 150 13961 -66.1 -71.3 48 5.2 -66.2 222 66 356.1 356.1 298.0 356.2 0.02 19 100 16435 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.2 -64.8 264 39 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.94 m Freezing level: 625.93 mb = 4011.90 m = 13162.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.64 mb = 3571.29 m = 11716.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.12 mb = 242.72 m = 796.31 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 10.52 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1721.29 m = 5647.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.86 C = 85.76 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 30.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 146.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.12 mb = 897.87 m = 2945.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 675.12 mb = 3395.18 m = 11138.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.12 mb = 6001.83 m = 19690.79 ft B at Equ Level: 53.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 375.12 mb = 7924.04 m = 25997.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 116.23 m/s