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: 33.30,-96.03 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -96.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 989 177 23.6 18.3 72 5.3 19.9 205 13 297.6 300.1 293.5 336.8 13.51 2 950 531 21.4 16.5 73 4.9 18.1 201 25 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.4 12.50 3 900 998 18.3 14.3 77 4.0 15.7 199 34 300.4 302.5 292.8 333.9 11.43 4 850 1486 14.8 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 203 38 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.1 10.31 5 800 1997 11.4 8.9 84 2.6 9.9 209 38 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.1 8.97 6 750 2534 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 221 35 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.2 8.04 7 700 3103 5.7 4.9 95 0.8 5.2 231 34 308.8 310.2 292.4 332.6 7.78 8 650 3706 2.1 1.6 96 0.5 1.8 238 36 311.4 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.64 9 600 4348 -2.2 -3.7 89 1.5 -2.9 242 39 313.6 314.5 291.4 328.9 4.86 10 550 5034 -6.8 -9.9 79 3.1 -8.1 243 44 316.0 316.7 290.7 326.7 3.28 11 500 5771 -12.4 -15.3 79 3.0 -13.4 238 48 317.9 318.4 290.5 325.6 2.32 12 450 6568 -17.4 -22.4 65 5.0 -18.7 237 52 321.4 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.41 13 400 7440 -23.0 -29.1 58 6.0 -24.2 234 57 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.86 14 350 8405 -29.6 -33.2 71 3.6 -30.2 229 63 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.3 0.66 15 300 9486 -37.7 -38.9 88 1.2 -37.8 231 76 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.9 0.44 16 250 10716 -47.4 -49.2 82 1.8 -47.5 235 86 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.17 17 200 12153 -58.5 -59.7 86 1.2 -58.5 233 78 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.06 18 150 13948 -61.4 -78.6 8 17.2 -61.6 249 58 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16424 -66.5 -83.6 7 17.1 -66.6 253 39 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.78 m Freezing level: 625.37 mb = 4022.58 m = 13197.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.66 mb = 3948.66 m = 12954.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.93 mb = 846.50 m = 2777.18 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.75 mb = 1548.13 m = 5079.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 38.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 552.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.26 mb = 1226.23 m = 4023.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.26 mb = 2088.17 m = 6850.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.26 mb = 10165.48 m = 33350.89 ft B at Equ Level: 550.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.26 mb = 13120.71 m = 43046.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 9.78 Bulk Shear: 56.48 m/s