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: 33.07,-96.52 Latitude: 33.07 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 177 24.4 18.8 71 5.6 20.5 197 13 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.0 13.93 2 950 528 21.6 17.0 75 4.6 18.5 204 24 299.1 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.94 3 900 995 18.5 14.9 80 3.6 16.1 209 33 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.5 11.92 4 850 1483 15.2 12.2 82 3.0 13.3 211 39 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.4 10.58 5 800 1995 12.0 10.3 89 1.8 10.9 219 35 304.0 305.8 292.6 333.4 9.85 6 750 2534 9.1 8.9 98 0.2 9.0 231 30 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.4 9.58 7 700 3104 5.8 5.6 98 0.3 5.6 237 29 308.9 310.5 292.7 333.9 8.16 8 650 3708 2.0 1.4 96 0.6 1.7 237 32 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.5 6.53 9 600 4350 -2.3 -4.3 86 2.0 -3.2 245 39 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.2 4.64 10 550 5035 -7.1 -14.6 55 7.5 -9.8 245 46 315.7 316.1 289.7 323.1 2.24 11 500 5770 -12.4 -20.8 49 8.5 -14.8 241 49 318.0 318.3 289.6 322.9 1.45 12 450 6567 -17.6 -25.2 52 7.6 -19.4 237 52 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.9 1.10 13 400 7438 -23.6 -33.7 39 10.1 -25.3 232 58 324.4 324.5 290.7 326.4 0.56 14 350 8400 -30.3 -37.1 51 6.8 -31.3 229 65 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.5 0.45 15 300 9477 -38.5 -40.1 85 1.6 -38.7 232 79 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.6 0.39 16 250 10706 -47.1 -49.5 76 2.4 -47.2 234 96 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.17 17 200 12146 -57.3 -61.4 59 4.1 -57.3 230 80 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 18 150 13950 -60.7 -79.2 7 18.5 -60.9 246 56 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16429 -67.0 -83.5 8 16.5 -67.1 256 39 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.14 m Freezing level: 626.25 mb = 4012.75 m = 13165.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.73 mb = 3923.79 m = 12873.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.55 mb = 884.59 m = 2902.17 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 12.51 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.09 mb = 1522.22 m = 4994.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 424.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.54 mb = 1191.36 m = 3908.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.54 mb = 2158.18 m = 7080.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.54 mb = 10848.81 m = 35592.76 ft B at Equ Level: 871.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.54 mb = 13763.29 m = 45154.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.7 neg: -1.6 tot: 182.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 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: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 58.86 m/s