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: 33.12,-98.56 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 970 349 25.0 17.4 63 7.6 19.8 222 14 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.9 12.99 2 950 534 23.0 16.3 66 6.7 18.5 225 22 300.5 302.8 293.5 336.8 12.37 3 900 1003 18.7 14.9 79 3.8 16.2 233 24 300.8 302.9 293.3 335.7 11.91 4 850 1491 14.4 13.2 92 1.2 13.7 238 25 301.3 303.4 293.0 334.6 11.32 5 800 2002 11.2 10.4 95 0.7 10.7 242 24 303.0 304.9 292.4 332.7 9.96 6 750 2540 9.7 -1.2 47 10.8 4.1 234 23 307.1 308.0 289.2 321.5 4.69 7 700 3109 6.3 -0.1 64 6.4 2.9 226 28 309.4 310.5 290.6 326.3 5.43 8 650 3713 2.1 -2.6 71 4.7 -0.2 228 36 311.3 312.3 290.7 326.6 4.85 9 600 4354 -2.7 -10.8 54 8.1 -6.0 226 43 313.0 313.5 289.3 322.0 2.79 10 550 5037 -7.2 -32.5 11 25.3 -12.8 229 42 315.6 315.7 287.8 317.2 0.45 11 500 5772 -12.4 -31.9 18 19.4 -16.5 233 43 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.7 0.53 12 450 6566 -18.9 -30.6 35 11.7 -21.2 235 46 319.4 319.6 289.3 321.8 0.66 13 400 7430 -26.3 -35.9 40 9.6 -27.6 234 52 320.9 320.9 289.5 322.5 0.45 14 350 8381 -33.3 -50.2 17 17.0 -34.5 236 62 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.11 15 300 9448 -40.0 -60.3 10 20.4 -40.8 237 78 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 16 250 10672 -48.0 -53.6 52 5.7 -48.2 232 97 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 12115 -54.2 -68.2 16 14.0 -54.5 238 82 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13944 -58.0 -79.5 5 21.5 -58.3 247 53 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16443 -66.2 -83.7 7 17.5 -66.3 247 31 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.25 m Freezing level: 628.08 mb = 3993.71 m = 13102.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.82 mb = 3665.02 m = 12024.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.21 mb = 1310.03 m = 4297.94 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1527.93 m = 5012.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 33.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1167.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.03 mb = 1440.66 m = 4726.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.03 mb = 1691.42 m = 5549.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 760.03 mb = 2428.97 m = 7968.95 ft B at Equ Level: 9.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.03 mb = 13942.75 m = 45743.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.8 neg: -5.3 tot: 62.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 57.15 Bulk Shear: 20.43 m/s