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: 33.17,-97.00 Latitude: 33.17 Longitude: -97.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 987 188 23.8 18.5 72 5.3 20.2 209 13 298.1 300.5 293.8 337.8 13.69 2 950 526 21.8 16.6 72 5.2 18.3 211 25 299.3 301.6 293.3 336.0 12.60 3 900 993 18.0 15.0 83 3.0 16.0 216 30 300.0 302.2 293.1 335.2 11.99 4 850 1480 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 221 32 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.6 11.28 5 800 1992 11.6 10.9 95 0.7 11.2 227 33 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.3 10.32 6 750 2530 9.1 8.9 98 0.3 9.0 230 33 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.3 9.56 7 700 3099 5.8 4.4 90 1.5 5.0 236 33 308.9 310.4 292.2 331.9 7.49 8 650 3704 2.6 -0.3 81 2.9 1.1 239 38 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.76 9 600 4346 -2.2 -6.3 73 4.1 -4.0 238 43 313.6 314.4 290.6 326.3 3.98 10 550 5031 -7.3 -18.2 41 10.9 -10.9 238 45 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.9 1.65 11 500 5765 -12.6 -21.0 49 8.4 -15.0 238 47 317.7 318.0 289.5 322.6 1.43 12 450 6560 -18.4 -25.8 52 7.4 -20.1 236 49 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.7 1.04 13 400 7428 -24.5 -34.0 41 9.5 -26.1 233 54 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.1 0.54 14 350 8387 -31.2 -40.2 40 9.1 -32.2 230 64 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.0 0.33 15 300 9461 -38.9 -45.7 48 6.8 -39.4 232 74 330.6 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.21 16 250 10690 -47.2 -52.0 58 4.8 -47.4 231 96 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 17 200 12131 -56.3 -63.9 38 7.6 -56.5 233 77 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13945 -60.0 -79.2 6 19.2 -60.2 244 56 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16423 -66.8 -83.5 8 16.7 -66.9 252 40 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.01 m Freezing level: 622.73 mb = 4053.99 m = 13300.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3834.87 m = 12581.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.31 mb = 866.01 m = 2841.22 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.88 mb = 1431.45 m = 4696.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 38.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.69 mb = 1197.19 m = 3927.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.69 mb = 1952.71 m = 6406.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.69 mb = 10590.82 m = 34746.37 ft B at Equ Level: 873.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.69 mb = 13791.85 m = 45248.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 18.51 Bulk Shear: 47.37 m/s