MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 24 OCT 25 Station: 32.49,-96.74 Latitude: 32.49 Longitude: -96.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 990 162 25.9 17.5 60 8.5 20.1 190 11 299.9 302.3 293.7 337.3 12.78 2 950 525 23.8 15.3 59 8.4 18.1 197 24 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.5 11.62 3 900 995 19.5 14.0 70 5.5 15.9 205 26 301.7 303.7 293.0 334.8 11.24 4 850 1484 15.4 12.4 82 3.0 13.5 211 28 302.3 304.3 292.8 334.1 10.74 5 800 1996 12.2 9.3 83 2.8 10.4 217 29 304.1 305.8 292.2 331.8 9.25 6 750 2536 9.7 7.6 86 2.1 8.4 232 28 307.1 308.7 292.7 333.6 8.74 7 700 3107 6.3 5.3 93 1.0 5.7 242 28 309.4 310.9 292.7 333.9 7.99 8 650 3712 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 246 33 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.9 6.39 9 600 4355 -1.8 -3.5 88 1.7 -2.6 247 43 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.6 4.93 10 550 5041 -6.6 -11.3 69 4.7 -8.5 244 48 316.2 316.8 290.5 325.8 2.93 11 500 5779 -11.5 -18.9 54 7.5 -13.8 238 49 319.0 319.4 290.2 324.8 1.71 12 450 6578 -17.3 -21.8 68 4.5 -18.6 236 51 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.5 1.48 13 400 7450 -23.5 -25.2 86 1.7 -23.9 232 55 324.4 324.7 291.3 328.7 1.23 14 350 8413 -30.2 -31.6 88 1.4 -30.4 230 62 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.78 15 300 9492 -37.9 -38.0 99 0.1 -37.9 232 80 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 16 250 10723 -47.0 -47.9 90 0.9 -47.0 234 91 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.0 0.20 17 200 12164 -57.9 -60.4 73 2.5 -57.9 232 83 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 18 150 13965 -60.6 -78.9 7 18.3 -60.8 248 55 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16440 -67.2 -83.6 8 16.4 -67.3 259 37 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.40 m Freezing level: 620.16 mb = 4095.48 m = 13436.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.38 mb = 3970.70 m = 13027.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.45 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.13 mb = 1234.88 m = 4051.38 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1851.21 m = 6073.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 38.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 596.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.70 mb = 1557.27 m = 5109.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.70 mb = 3133.59 m = 10280.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.70 mb = 10261.25 m = 33665.11 ft B at Equ Level: 595.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.70 mb = 13266.86 m = 43525.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 8.63 Bulk Shear: 69.10 m/s