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: 33.22,-97.84 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -97.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 972 315 26.3 17.2 57 9.2 20.1 209 15 301.9 304.3 294.2 339.6 12.78 2 950 514 24.0 16.0 61 8.0 18.6 215 21 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.2 12.10 3 900 984 19.7 14.7 73 5.0 16.4 222 23 301.8 304.0 293.5 336.6 11.80 4 850 1474 16.2 12.2 77 4.0 13.6 232 23 303.1 305.0 292.9 334.4 10.54 5 800 1988 12.9 9.2 78 3.7 10.6 247 25 304.9 306.6 292.3 332.3 9.16 6 750 2527 9.3 4.3 71 5.0 6.5 246 28 306.7 308.0 291.1 327.9 6.96 7 700 3096 5.9 -0.8 62 6.7 2.4 240 33 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.0 5.15 8 650 3699 2.0 -5.2 59 7.2 -1.4 238 41 311.2 312.0 289.9 323.8 3.98 9 600 4339 -2.4 -16.6 33 14.2 -7.3 235 45 313.4 313.7 288.5 319.1 1.74 10 550 5024 -6.9 -30.5 13 23.6 -12.5 237 45 315.9 316.0 288.1 317.9 0.55 11 500 5759 -12.4 -31.8 18 19.3 -16.5 236 44 317.9 318.0 288.6 319.8 0.53 12 450 6553 -19.3 -33.1 29 13.7 -21.8 235 43 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.52 13 400 7416 -26.1 -43.0 19 17.0 -28.0 237 48 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.21 14 350 8368 -33.0 -52.5 12 19.5 -34.3 234 64 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.08 15 300 9436 -39.9 -61.1 9 21.2 -40.8 236 77 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.03 16 250 10660 -47.8 -61.1 20 13.3 -48.3 230 90 334.9 335.0 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12104 -55.0 -67.5 20 12.5 -55.2 235 82 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13934 -57.5 -79.6 4 22.1 -57.8 246 55 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16421 -67.7 -83.3 9 15.6 -67.8 248 37 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.98 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 3991.40 m = 13094.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3474.09 m = 11397.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.26 mb = 1471.51 m = 4827.72 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.49 mb = 1940.15 m = 6365.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.63 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1245.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.12 mb = 1593.31 m = 5227.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.12 mb = 2492.24 m = 8176.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.12 mb = 10840.58 m = 35565.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1245.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.12 mb = 13803.37 m = 45286.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 30.85 Bulk Shear: 40.38 m/s