MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 12Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 32.73,-97.12 Latitude: 32.73 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 986 207 22.1 19.4 84 2.7 20.2 198 11 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.3 14.51 2 950 527 20.6 18.4 87 2.2 19.1 208 25 298.1 300.7 294.1 339.2 14.15 3 900 996 21.6 14.9 66 6.7 17.1 228 35 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.1 11.90 4 850 1491 19.3 11.9 62 7.5 14.5 236 32 306.4 308.3 293.7 337.6 10.35 5 800 2009 15.4 9.7 69 5.7 11.8 242 30 307.5 309.3 293.4 336.2 9.48 6 750 2553 11.2 7.6 79 3.6 9.0 245 27 308.7 310.3 293.2 335.4 8.77 7 700 3126 6.9 4.1 83 2.7 5.3 243 24 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.8 7.38 8 650 3731 2.7 -2.9 67 5.6 -0.1 250 24 312.0 312.9 290.8 326.9 4.76 9 600 4374 -1.4 -10.6 50 9.2 -5.2 257 27 314.5 315.0 289.9 323.7 2.85 10 550 5061 -5.8 -13.3 55 7.5 -8.6 254 30 317.3 317.7 290.4 325.5 2.50 11 500 5802 -10.5 -14.7 71 4.2 -12.0 254 35 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.4 2.45 12 450 6605 -15.6 -19.5 72 3.9 -16.8 262 42 323.6 324.0 291.7 329.8 1.81 13 400 7483 -21.8 -30.0 47 8.2 -23.5 270 51 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.79 14 350 8450 -30.0 -37.4 48 7.4 -31.0 269 48 328.3 328.4 291.7 330.0 0.44 15 300 9527 -38.8 -44.6 54 5.8 -39.3 280 58 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.24 16 250 10749 -49.7 -52.0 77 2.3 -49.7 272 63 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.13 17 200 12175 -59.1 -61.8 71 2.7 -59.1 268 53 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 18 150 13961 -59.1 -78.4 6 19.3 -59.3 263 47 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16457 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.5 -66.9 268 36 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.27 m Freezing level: 617.36 mb = 4150.35 m = 13616.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.90 mb = 3719.42 m = 12202.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.31 C = 90.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.84 mb = 555.60 m = 1822.80 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.55 mb = 2120.08 m = 6955.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.35 C = 92.03 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.52 C Showalter Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 39.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.87 mb = 1191.56 m = 3909.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.87 mb = 2951.37 m = 9682.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.87 mb = 12335.84 m = 40471.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1115.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.87 mb = 14615.15 m = 47949.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.1 neg: -16.9 tot: 182.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 29.22 Bulk Shear: 39.10 m/s