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: 32.69,-96.11 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -96.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 992 148 26.3 17.7 59 8.6 20.4 194 13 300.1 302.4 293.8 337.9 12.90 2 950 529 22.7 15.9 65 6.8 18.2 196 23 300.3 302.5 293.2 335.6 12.06 3 900 998 19.1 13.9 72 5.2 15.7 201 28 301.2 303.2 292.8 334.0 11.15 4 850 1487 15.6 10.9 74 4.7 12.7 206 33 302.5 304.3 292.0 331.3 9.70 5 800 1999 12.5 7.0 69 5.5 9.2 214 33 304.5 305.9 291.2 328.1 7.85 6 750 2539 9.9 5.0 71 4.9 7.1 225 31 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.6 7.31 7 700 3109 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.5 235 32 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.6 6.81 8 650 3714 2.8 0.3 84 2.5 1.5 245 34 312.1 313.3 292.0 330.9 6.02 9 600 4358 -1.8 -4.4 83 2.5 -3.0 249 40 314.0 314.9 291.3 328.7 4.62 10 550 5044 -6.5 -10.9 70 4.5 -8.2 244 47 316.4 317.0 290.6 326.2 3.01 11 500 5782 -12.0 -16.7 68 4.7 -13.5 238 52 318.4 318.8 290.4 325.4 2.08 12 450 6580 -17.3 -21.0 72 3.8 -18.3 234 54 321.5 321.9 290.9 327.0 1.59 13 400 7453 -22.8 -25.2 81 2.4 -23.4 231 54 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.23 14 350 8419 -29.6 -30.3 93 0.7 -29.7 228 58 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.1 0.88 15 300 9500 -37.7 -37.8 99 0.1 -37.8 232 71 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10729 -47.6 -47.8 98 0.2 -47.7 237 84 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.20 17 200 12166 -58.4 -59.1 91 0.7 -58.4 237 88 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 18 150 13964 -60.9 -78.9 8 18.0 -61.0 249 56 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16437 -67.5 -83.6 8 16.1 -67.5 255 36 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.29 m Freezing level: 619.69 mb = 4104.34 m = 13465.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.55 mb = 3920.41 m = 12862.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.04 mb = 1238.53 m = 4063.37 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.81 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1855.94 m = 6088.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.91 mb = 1447.68 m = 4749.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.91 mb = 3359.10 m = 11020.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.91 mb = 10493.02 m = 34425.50 ft B at Equ Level: 533.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.91 mb = 13221.77 m = 43377.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.3 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 261.3 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 7.33 Bulk Shear: 72.88 m/s