MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F126.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 126 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-98.70 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -98.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 968 377 25.7 16.9 58 8.8 19.6 224 15 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.8 12.59 2 950 536 23.5 16.1 63 7.4 18.5 226 22 301.0 303.3 293.6 336.9 12.20 3 900 1005 19.0 14.9 77 4.1 16.3 231 24 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.2 11.92 4 850 1494 14.9 13.4 91 1.4 14.0 235 24 301.7 303.9 293.2 335.6 11.48 5 800 2005 11.4 10.4 93 1.0 10.8 243 23 303.3 305.2 292.5 332.9 9.94 6 750 2543 9.4 1.8 59 7.6 5.2 236 21 306.7 307.8 290.1 324.5 5.80 7 700 3113 6.3 0.1 65 6.2 3.1 227 27 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.6 5.53 8 650 3716 2.2 -2.4 71 4.7 -0.1 229 36 311.5 312.4 290.8 326.9 4.92 9 600 4358 -2.5 -11.6 50 9.0 -6.1 228 42 313.2 313.7 289.3 321.7 2.63 10 550 5041 -7.1 -30.5 13 23.5 -12.6 231 42 315.7 315.8 287.9 317.6 0.55 11 500 5777 -12.4 -31.1 19 18.7 -16.4 233 43 317.9 318.0 288.7 319.9 0.57 12 450 6571 -18.9 -30.5 35 11.6 -21.2 235 46 319.5 319.7 289.3 321.9 0.67 13 400 7435 -26.1 -35.9 39 9.8 -27.5 236 53 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.7 0.45 14 350 8388 -33.0 -50.2 16 17.2 -34.3 237 62 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.6 0.11 15 300 9456 -39.6 -55.8 16 16.3 -40.4 238 81 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 16 250 10681 -48.0 -52.9 57 4.9 -48.2 233 97 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12122 -54.8 -67.2 20 12.5 -55.0 238 85 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13949 -58.4 -79.6 5 21.2 -58.6 247 55 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16447 -66.4 -83.7 7 17.3 -66.5 249 30 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.56 m Freezing level: 626.55 mb = 4017.11 m = 13179.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.54 mb = 3697.15 m = 12129.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.59 mb = 1487.67 m = 4880.75 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1640.28 m = 5381.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1162.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.39 mb = 1519.57 m = 4985.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.39 mb = 1875.42 m = 6152.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.39 mb = 10880.65 m = 35697.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1160.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.39 mb = 13848.23 m = 45433.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 66.13 Bulk Shear: 17.59 m/s